Member States of the D-8, the Organization for Economic Cooperation, on Saturday condemned in the strongest terms the “brutal and inhuman” Israeli aggression against the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip as well as in the occupied West Bank including East Jerusalem.
They demanded an immediate, permanent and unconditional ceasefire, the cessation of the Israeli aggression on the Palestinian people in Gaza, according to a joint declaration issued after the meeting, reports UNB.
The Foreign Ministers of the Member States of the D-8 Organization for Economic Cooperation and the Heads of Delegations from the People’s Republic of Bangladesh, Arab Republic of Egypt, Republic of Indonesia, Islamic Republic of Iran, Malaysia, Federal Republic of Nigeria, Islamic Republic of Pakistan, and the Republic of Türkiye gathered in İstanbul on at the invitation of Hakan Fidan, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Türkiye, as an expression of their unified position in condemning the brutal Israeli aggression against the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip and in the West Bank, including Al-Quds Al-Sharif.
Social Welfare Minister Dr Dipu Moni led the Bangladesh delegation at the extraordinary meeting.
Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Türkiye Hakan Fidan will also hold bilateral talks on the sidelines of the meeting, according to a media.
Acknowledging the devastating impacts of the brutal Israeli aggression on Palestinian economy and infrastructure, as well as its damage to regional peace, stability and prosperity; they Call on all States to ensure Israel to strictly comply with the provisional measures ordered by the International Court of Justice, thereby, immediately halt its military offensive, and any other action in the Rafah Governorate, which may inflict on the Palestinian group in Gaza conditions of life that could bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part; to withdraw from Rafah and provide the conditions for safe, immediate and unhindered humanitarian access through the Rafah crossing, as well as safe and unhindered provision at scale of urgently needed basic services and humanitarian assistance throughout the Gaza Strip; and to take effective measures to ensure the unimpeded access to the Gaza Strip of any commission of inquiry and other fact-finding missions or other investigative bodies mandated by competent organs of the United Nations,
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