ANKARA (Dispatches) – Foreign ministers from several key Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) member states, including Saudi Arabia and Palestine, will in Beijing discuss ways to de-escalate the ongoing Zionist attacks on the Gaza Strip, China’s Foreign Ministry announced on Sunday.
During the visit, China will have in-depth communication and coordination with the delegation on ways to resolve the “ongoing Palestine-Israel conflict, protect civilians, and seek a just settlement of the Palestinian question,” Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning said in a statement.
The delegation includes foreign ministers from Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Egypt, Indonesia, and Palestine, as well as the Secretary-General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, Hissein Brahim Taha, it added.
Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan also said ministers from Arab and Muslim-majority countries will discuss the developments in China as part of the first leg of a tour aimed at ending the occupying regime’s genocidal war in Gaza.
In an announcement shared on social media platform X, the kingdom’s top diplomat said “The first stop will be in China and will then move to a number of capitals to deliver the clear message that there must be a ceasefire immediately as well as aid and humanitarian needs must be immediately delivered to Gaza.”
Prince Faisal made the comments after a meeting with EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell on the sidelines of the Manama Dialogue 2023 conference in Bahrain.
“We must work to end this crisis and end this war on Gaza as soon as possible,” Prince Faisal added.
The extraordinary joint Arab-Islamic Summit, which was held in Riyadh last week, issued a resolution tasking the foreign ministers of Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Egypt, Qatar, Turkey, Indonesia, Nigeria, and Palestine to initiate immediate international action on behalf of all member states of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) and the Arab League.