Published November 09,2024
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Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan is about to take part within the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC)-Arab League international ministers assembly on Sunday to debate Gaza disaster.
The international minister’s assembly shall be held as a part of the extraordinary Joint Arab-Islamic follow-up summit within the Saudi capital Riyadh, in response to Turkish diplomatic sources on Saturday.
The summit will assessment the implementation of resolutions adopted final 12 months and is anticipated to yield new measures calling for an finish to Israeli assaults on Gaza, the West Bank and Lebanon.
One of final 12 months’s key outcomes was the formation of a Gaza Contact Group, comprising Türkiye, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Jordan, Qatar, Palestine, Indonesia, and Nigeria, to handle the disaster within the Palestinian enclave, the place Israel has continued its brutal offensive over the previous 13 months.
The group has since performed worldwide visits and engaged with world organizations, advocating for a two-state answer and elevated consciousness of Palestinian points.
– LAST YEAR’S JOINT STATEMENT CALL LEGAL PRESSURE ON ISRAEL
The Joint Arab-Islamic Extraordinary Summit was held in Riyadh final November to handle Israel’s aggression in opposition to Palestinians.
A joint assertion from the final summit referred to as on member states to extend political, diplomatic, and authorized strain on Israel and urged the UN Security Council to move a decision on cease-fire.
It additionally advisable suspending arms gross sales to Israel, enhancing humanitarian support for Gaza, and requested the UN secretary-general to suggest a world safety mechanism for Palestinian civilians.
The assertion advisable convening a world convention on a complete peace course of, urging phased worldwide ensures and an investigation by the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) into Israel’s use of chemical weapons in Gaza.
The International Criminal Court was additionally urged to expedite investigations into potential struggle crimes and crimes in opposition to humanity involving Israel, whereas member states have been inspired to coordinate actions throughout the UN Human Rights Council and different humanitarian entities.
In current conferences held within the Gambia, and Cameroon, member states reiterated their assist for Palestine.
Türkiye will host the 51st OIC Council of Ministers of Foreign Affairs in 2025, marking its assumption of the convention’s rotating chairmanship for a one-year time period.
– SITUATION IN GAZA
Israel has continued its brutal offensive on the Gaza Strip because the Oct. 7, 2023 Hamas assaults.
The Israeli onslaught has killed 43,550 Palestinians and injured 102,700 others, displacing virtually all the inhabitants of the territory amid an ongoing blockade that has led to extreme shortages of meals, clear water, and drugs.
Mediation efforts led by the US, Egypt, and Qatar to achieve a Gaza cease-fire and prisoner swap settlement between Israel and Hamas have failed over Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s refusal to halt the struggle.
Israel additionally faces a genocide case on the International Court of Justice for its actions in Gaza.
Source: www.anews.com.tr