Makkah: The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has rejected US President Donald Trump’s Middle East peace plan.
The 57-member body held a meeting on Monday on the request by the Palestinian leadership to discuss the recently unveiled plan.
Arab League reject ‘deal of the century’
The meeting comes days after the Arab League rejected Trump’s “deal of the century”, saying, “It does not meet the minimum rights and aspirations of Palestinian people.”
Palestinian Foreign Minster Riyad al-Maliki (R) delivers a speech during an emergency ministerial meeting of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in Jeddah on February 3, 2020, to address US President Donald Trump’s Middle East plan. (Photo by Amer HILABI / AFP) Omani ambassador to Saudi Arabia Ahmad bin Hilal Albusaidi attends an emergency ministerial meeting of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation’s (OIC) in Jeddah on February 3, 2020, to address US President Donald Trump’s Middle East plan. (Photo by Amer HILABI / AFP) A picture taken on February 3, 2020 shows a general view of the emergency ministerial meeting of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in the Saudi port city of Jeddah to address US President Donald Trump’s Middle East plan. (Photo by Amer HILABI / AFP) A picture taken on February 3, 2020 shows a general view of the emergency ministerial meeting of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in the Saudi port city of Jeddah to address US President Donald Trump’s Middle East plan. (Photo by Amer HILABI / AFP) Morocco’s Secretary of State Nezha El Ouafi attends an emergency ministerial meeting of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation’s (OIC) in Jeddah on February 3, 2020, to address US President Donald Trump’s Middle East plan. (Photo by Amer HILABI / AFP)
The Middle East plan, which was three years in making, establishes Jerusalem as Israel’s “undivided” capital and offers a path towards a two-state solution to one of the longest conflicts in history.
The OIC said in a statement on Twitter on Sunday that its “open-ended executive committee meeting” at the level of foreign ministers would “discuss the organisation’s position after the US administration announced its peace plan”.
Iran barred from attending meeting
Iran was barred from attending the meeting by denying visas to the Iranian delegation led by Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Hossein Jaberi.