JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia: The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation formally adopted early Saturday (Mar 8) an Arab League counter-proposal to US President Donald Trump’s plan to take over Gaza and displace its residents, calling on the worldwide group to help the regional initiative.
The choice by the 57-member grouping got here at an emergency meeting in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, three days after the Arab League ratified the plan at a summit in Cairo.
The Egyptian-crafted different to Trump’s broadly condemned takeover proposes to rebuild the Gaza Strip underneath the longer term administration of the Palestinian Authority.
The OIC “adopts the plan … on the early restoration and reconstruction of Gaza”, a communique mentioned.
The physique, which represents the Muslim world, urged “the worldwide group and worldwide and regional funding establishments to swiftly present the mandatory help for the plan”.
Trump triggered world outrage when he prompt the US “take over” Gaza and switch it into the “Riviera of the Middle East“, whereas forcing its Palestinian inhabitants to relocate to Egypt or Jordan.
Egyptian Overseas Minister Badr Abdelatty welcomed the OIC endorsement and mentioned he now hoped to achieve help from the broader worldwide group, together with the US.
“The following step is for the plan to change into a world plan by way of adoption by the European Union and worldwide events equivalent to Japan, Russia, China and others,” Abdelatty mentioned.
“That is what we are going to search and we now have contact with all events, together with the American celebration.”
