JEDDAH: NADIM AL-HAMID & HABIB SHAIKH
Published — Thursday 7 November 2013
The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) will ask member states to sever diplomatic relations with states that recognize Israel’s annexation of Jerusalem or move their embassies to the historic city during the upcoming Council of Foreign Ministers (CFM) meeting.
The recommendation, made at a meeting between senior officials at the OIC on Tuesday, is among the resolutions to be discussed at the 40th Session of the OIC Council of Foreign Ministers from Dec. 9 to 11, in Conakry, Guinea.
OIC Secretary General Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu said a special session on Jerusalem would be held on the sidelines of the ministerial conference.
There is also a recommendation to coordinate efforts at the Human Rights Council to thwart Israel’s attempt at keeping the council’s examination of the human rights situation in Palestine and other Arab territories occupied by Israel off the agenda.
Ihsanoglu said an OIC ministerial delegation would visit Myanmar next week.
Saudi Arabia will be part of the seven-member OIC Contact Group. The other members are Egypt, Djibouti, Turkey, Malaysia, Bangladesh and Indonesia.
Categories: Arab World, Asia, Saudi Arabia