WASHINGTON: Members of the Ministerial Committee, assigned by the Riyadh-hosted Joint Arab-Islamic Extraordinary Summit, met Thursday with U.S. legislators in Washington, the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported.
According to the SPA, the meeting with members of the US House of Representatives and Senate was attended by Committee Chairman and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah, Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Qatar Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Jordan Ayman Safadi, and the Turkish envoy to Washington Hasan Murat Mercan, who represented his nation in the committee.
Meeting participants held discussions over the latest developments in Gaza and its surroundings, the military escalation, and efforts exerted to impose an urgent truce, protect civilian population, and ensure application of global law and the global humanitarian law, the SPA reported.
Ministerial Committee Assigned by Joint Arab-Islamic Extraordinary Summit Meets with US Legislators
Members of the Ministerial Committee called on the world to take serious and immediate measures to ensure the delivery of emergency humanitarian, food, and medical help into the Gaza Strip.
Members highlighted the need for active roles of parliaments and civil-society organizations in asking governments to end the Israeli occupation forces’ violations against the brotherly Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip and the occupied West Bank, including in East Jerusalem, the SPA maintained.
Committee members also stressed the significance of reviving the political approach to obtain comprehensive and lasting peace after the ceasefire based on the two-state solution and the relevant international resolutions that can lead to realizing the legitimate and lawful rights of the Palestinian people in establishing their independent and sovereign state on the 1967 borders with East Jerusalem as its capital city.
