Saudi, Turkish FMs Discuss Preparations for Emergency OIC Meeting

Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah arrives at the general assembly of the BIE, Tuesday, June 20, 2023 in Paris. (AP)
Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah arrives at the general assembly of the BIE, Tuesday, June 20, 2023 in Paris. (AP)
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Saudi, Turkish FMs Discuss Preparations for Emergency OIC Meeting

Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah arrives at the general assembly of the BIE, Tuesday, June 20, 2023 in Paris. (AP)
Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah arrives at the general assembly of the BIE, Tuesday, June 20, 2023 in Paris. (AP)

Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah held telephone talks on Saturday with his Turkish counterpart Hakan Fidan about the upcoming Organization for Islamic Cooperation emergency meeting that will be held in Jeddah.

The meeting will address the latest Quran-burning incident in Sweden that happened on the first day of Eid al-Adha.

The FMs discussed the preparations for the meeting, cooperation over regional issues and efforts to combat Islamophobia.

On Wednesday, a man who identified himself in Swedish media as a refugee, 37, from Iraq burned a Quran outside a mosque in central Stockholm as 200 Muslims were inside the mosque.

Swedish police had authorized the protest, citing freedom of speech, after a previous decision to ban a similar protest was overturned by a Swedish court.

The act drew widespread condemnation in the Muslim world.

Saudi Arabia strongly denounced the act. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday suggested that the incident would pose another obstacle to Sweden’s bid for NATO membership.

Saudi Arabia had called for the emergency OIC meeting as its president during its current round.



MWL Welcomes UN Co-Chairs' Statement on Palestinian Question and Two-State Solution

MWL Welcomes UN Co-Chairs' Statement on Palestinian Question and Two-State Solution
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MWL Welcomes UN Co-Chairs' Statement on Palestinian Question and Two-State Solution

MWL Welcomes UN Co-Chairs' Statement on Palestinian Question and Two-State Solution

The Muslim World League (MWL) welcomed the statement issued by the Co-Chairs of the United Nations High-Level International Conference on the Peaceful Settlement of the Question of Palestine and the Implementation of the Two-State Solution, represented by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the French Republic.
In a statement from the League’s General Secretariat, MWL Secretary-General and Chairman of the Organization of Muslim Scholars Sheikh Dr. Mohammed Al-Issa reaffirmed the League and the Islamic world’s appreciation for the pivotal and significant momentum generated by the international coalition, led by Saudi Arabia, to implement the two-state solution.

He noted that this conference was one of the important outcomes of these efforts, alongside the coalition’s remarkable diplomatic achievements in a short time, which have pushed the international community toward a legitimate and responsible stance aligned with the legal and human rights of the Palestinian people, SPA reported.

Dr. Al-Issa also expressed regret over the ongoing escalation and recent developments in the region that led to the suspension of this historic conference, which had been widely anticipated as a step toward a peaceful settlement of the Palestinian question, the implementation of the two-state solution, and an end to the prolonged suffering of the Palestinian people and the humanitarian tragedy facing civilians in Gaza.

He praised the statement’s reaffirmation of unwavering support for all efforts aimed at ending the war in Gaza and achieving a just and sustainable resolution to the Palestinian question through the implementation of the two-state solution.