OIC to hold meeting in Istanbul on Al-Quds

Jeddah : The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) will hold an emergency meeting of the Executive Committee at the level of foreign ministers of member States in Istanbul on the 1st of August 2017.

The meeting will discuss the continuing support to the resistance and resilience of Maqdisites (Jerusalemites) to preserve their identity and the Islamic sacred sites in Al-Quds Al-Sharif in light of recent developments aimed at restricting the entry to Al-Aqsa Mosque.

The meeting will also send a unified message to the international community by the Muslim World, demanding it to commit Israel, the occupying power, to respect the resolutions of the international legitimacy, the Geneva Conventions and all resolutions on the Palestinian issue, especially Al-Quds Al-Sharif, which is an integral part of the Palestinian territories occupied in 1967.

The OIC had held an emergency meeting of the permanent representatives of the OIC Member States on the 24th of July to discuss the latest Israeli escalation against the Al-Aqsa Mosque and an international forum on Al-Quds in Baku, Azerbaijan, as part of its continuous efforts to demand the international community and the influential actors worldwide to prevent the recurrence of such serious violations.