NEW YORK:
Foreign Minister Senator Ishaq Dar on Thursday said that an extraordinary meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the OIC countries will convene in Jeddah on March 7, 2025 to discuss the Gaza situation, particularly in light of the proposals on relocation of the Palestinian people.
The deputy prime minister, addressing a news conference on the culmination of his three-day visit to the US, apprised the media of his telephonic interactions with his counterparts from Iran, Egypt, Malaysia, the UAE, Saudi Arabia and Turkiye, following the proposals for the displacement of Gaza people to Egypt or Jordan and later by Israel to set up a Palestinian state in Saudi Arabia.
He said during the interactions, all the foreign ministers called for an immediate extraordinary OIC Council of Foreign Ministers meeting in early March to discuss the situation and present OIC’s stance internationally.
He said reportedly, Arab leaders were scheduled to meet on the situation on February 27 and Gulf leaders on March 5 which would follow the extraordinary CFM meeting on March 7 in Jeddah in which he would represent Pakistan.
Dar, who was on a US visit to attend the UN Security Council’s debate on multilateralism and global governance, told the media that before the consultations, Pakistan had also issued a strong statement on the proposals on relocation as the people of Palestine had all the rights on their land.
He said despite limited resources, Pakistan sent several consignments of relief goods to Gaza, Lebanon and Syria.
