Iran, Saudi Arabia push for OIC emergency meeting on Gaza
The foreign ministers of Iran and Saudi Arabia weighed plans for an emergency meeting of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation to address the heinous crimes the Zionist regime is committing against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.
In a telephone conversation on Friday, Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and his Saudi counterpart Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud called for concerted efforts to end the Israeli atrocities against Palestinians, Tasnim News Agency reported.
Pointing to his diplomatic efforts, including his recent negotiations with the secretary general of OIC, Amir-Abdollahian said he has proposed the idea of holding an emergency meeting of OIC foreign ministers to address the Gaza crisis. The top Saudi diplomat welcomed the proposal for the emergency meeting on plans to stop the Israeli regime’s genocidal crimes in Gaza and the West Bank.
The two sides agreed to hold further consultations with the other foreign ministers about the issue.
The Iranian foreign minister lashed out at the US for sponsoring the Zionist crimes in Gaza and giving Israel the green light for strikes on Rafah. “We do not regard war as the solution, but if a political solution is not found immediately, the negative consequences of continuation of acts of genocide by the Israeli regime for regional security and stability will be inevitable,” he warned.
For his part, the Saudi minster denounced Israel’s disregard for international calls for the cessation of war.