Iran to Attend OIC Emergency Summit on Gaza
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – President of Iran Ebrahim Raisi is going to travel to Saudi Arabia to take part in an extraordinary summit of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) about the Israeli regime’s onslaught against Gaza.
President Raisi will depart Tehran for Riyadh on Saturday.
The Iranian president will join the OIC heads of states to weigh plans to stop the Zionist regime’s crimes against Palestinians, lift the blockade of Gaza, and send humanitarian supplies to people in the besieged enclave.
On Thursday, high-ranking officials held a meeting in Riyadh in preparation for the upcoming extraordinary summit.
During the preparatory meeting, the delegations representing the OIC members discussed the draft final communiqué that will be submitted to the preparatory Foreign Ministers’ Meeting for consideration and subsequently to the Summit for adoption.
In a meeting with his Turkish counterpart on the sidelines of the ECO summit in Uzbekistan on Thursday, President Raisi stressed the need for the Islamic world’s coordinated action in support of Palestine, warning that if the forthcoming emergency meeting of the OIC in Saudi Arabia fails to save the Palestinians, the scope of regional clashes will expand, because the regional nations will perceive that the Islamic governments are incapable of assisting Gaza and the people of Palestine.
At least 10,812 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza since October 7, when Hamas fighters launched a surprise operation against Israel outside Gaza.
Israel’s bombardment of the Gaza Strip continues as its ground forces push deeper into urban areas across the north of the enclave.
