The Saudi foreign minister emphasized that following their visit to China, the committee will visit several capitals to convey a resounding message emphasizing the urgency of an immediate ceasefire and facilitating the entry of relief and humanitarian aid into Gaza.
“We must strive to swiftly resolve this crisis and put an end to the war being waged against Gaza,” stated Prince Faisal.
The extraordinary joint Arab-Islamic Summit 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 OIC and the Arab League.
The goal is to formulate an international initiative to halt the war in Gaza and push for a genuine and serious political process, leading to permanent and comprehensive peace in accordance with established international references.
On the sidelines of the Manama Dialogue 2023, the Saudi Foreign Minister met with Josep Borrell, the High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy.
During their meeting, they discussed the developments in Gaza and its surroundings. Prince Faisal reiterated Saudi Arabia’s rejection of the ongoing military escalation and violations by Israeli occupation forces against civilians.
He underscored the importance of halting the escalation and preventing the forced displacement of Palestinians from the Gaza Strip.
Prince Faisal emphasized the urgency of establishing humanitarian corridors to assist children, women, and civilians in Gaza.
Additionally, he called on the international community to condemn the blatant violations of international humanitarian law committed by Israeli forces against the people in Gaza.
Furthermore, Prince Faisal met with the UK’s Shadow Foreign Secretary David Lammy, where they discussed the evolving military escalation in the Gaza Strip.
Both parties emphasized the importance of an immediate ceasefire and allowing humanitarian organizations to deliver urgent aid to Gaza.
The Saudi foreign minister reiterated the significance of the international community playing an active role in putting an end to the military escalation and preventing the forced displacement of Palestinians from the Gaza Strip.
Ministers from Arab and Muslim countries will visit China on Monday on the first leg of a tour that aims at ending the war in Gaza, Saudi foreign minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan said.
The tour will be the first step for the Islamic Ministerial Committee to carry out decisions reached at the Arab-Islamic summit held in Riyadh earlier this month, Prince Faisal said on the sidelines of the IISS Manama Security summit in Bahrain in comments posted by the Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs on X on Saturday.
The ministers will visit other several capitals after China to convey a strong message of achieving an immediate ceasefire and facilitating the entry of humanitarian aid into Gaza, the minister noted.
Prince Faisal discussed with European Union foreign policy official Josep Borrell developments in the situation in Gaza on Saturday.
Speaking to reporters after the meeting, he said despite the agreement within the international community on the importance of peace, there is still not enough attention given to the need of an immediate ceasefire.
“We hope at some point we can relaunch efforts towards permanent peace with the establishment of a Palestinian state that will ensure the security for all of us in the region, but the priority now is ending the fighting.”
He added, “we must work together to ensure that we end this fighting and civilian suffering we are seeing every day in Gaza.”
Israel is carrying out a relentless bombardment and ground offensive of targets in the Gaza Strip which has so far killed 12,300 people and displaced more than one million people.
