Showing posts with label UNGA meeting. Show all posts
Showing posts with label UNGA meeting. Show all posts

Wednesday, 18 September 2024

Recognition of Palestine State

Members of the Ministerial Committee assigned by the Joint Arab-Islamic Extraordinary Summit on developments in the Gaza Strip held a coordination meeting in Amman on Wednesday. The meeting was chaired by Prince Faisal bin Farhan, Saudi minister of foreign affairs and head of the committee.

The ministerial meeting was aimed to coordinate joint Arab and Islamic efforts during the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly, which will be held in New York this month.

The meeting addressed several key topics, including efforts to stop Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip, the dangerous escalation in the occupied West Bank, the ongoing humanitarian catastrophe, and ensuring the delivery of humanitarian aid to all affected areas.

The ministers discussed ways to strengthen Arab and Islamic efforts during the General Assembly to support the recognition of the Palestinian state, ensure the fulfillment of the rights of the Palestinian people, and encourage security and peace in the region and the world. 

The meeting discussed joint efforts to take the necessary steps to implement the two-state solution by establishing a Palestinian state based on the June 04, 1967 lines, with East Jerusalem as its capital, in accordance with the Arab Peace Initiative and relevant international initiatives.

The meeting was attended by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates of Jordan Ayman Safadi; Prime Minister of Palestine and Minister of Foreign Affairs Dr. Mohammad Mustafa; Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bahrain Dr. Abdullatif Al-Zayani; Minister of Foreign Affairs of Türkiye Hakan Fidan; Minister of State for Foreign Affairs of Qatar Sultan bin Saad Al Muraikhi; Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Immigration of Egypt Ambassador Nabil Habash; Secretary General of the Arab League Ahmed Aboul Gheit and Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation Hissein Brahim Taha.

Saudi Arabia’s Ambassador to Jordan Naif Al-Sudairi, Director General of the Office of Saudi Foreign Minister, Abdulrahman AlDawood, and the Counsellor at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Dr. Manal Radwan also attended the meeting.