“The
assassination of Haniyeh during his visit to Tehran last week constitutes a
threat to regional peace and security,” he said while attending, on behalf of
Minister of Foreign Affairs Prince Faisal bin Farhan, the extraordinary meeting
of the Executive Committee of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in
Jeddah on Wednesday.
Al-Khereiji emphasized that the government of Custodian of
the Two Holy Mosques King Salman is aware of the seriousness of the escalating
situation in the Palestinian territories due to the blatant attacks and illegal
practices of the Israeli occupation against the Palestinian people inside and
outside the Palestinian territories, ignoring international charters and resolutions.
The
deputy minister said that the government of Saudi Arabia, based on its firm
positions towards the Palestinian cause, condemns the attacks carried out by
the Israeli occupation forces on civilians and rejects any attack on the
sovereignty of states or interference in the internal affairs of any state in
accordance with international conventions and the OIC Charter.
Al-Khereiji expressed the Kingdom’s deep concern over the
escalation of violations by the Israeli occupation army, which resulted in
large numbers of martyrs and wounded among civilians in the Gaza Strip and the
West Bank. He also voiced concern over the shortage of food, medicine, and fuel
to the complete depletion of the health sectors under the pressure of the
increasing numbers of patients as well as displaced civilians seeking shelter.
Al-Khereiji
renewed the Kingdom’s call on the international community to take effective
action to play its role in holding the Israeli occupation forces fully
accountable for these crimes and violations and their negative consequences on
the chances of reviving the peace process and in stopping the attacks and
violations against the Palestinian people.
He also emphasized that the Kingdom supports all efforts
aimed at ending the occupation of the Palestinian territories and reaching a
comprehensive solution that enables the Palestinian people to establish their
independent Palestinian state in accordance with international legitimacy
resolutions and the Arab Peace Initiative.
