2023-11-13 11:57:01
Arab and Islamic countries meet this Saturday in Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia, to call for an end to the war between Israel and Hamas that is shaking the Gaza Strip. The meeting, which combines members of the Arab League and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, brings together the main nations of the Middle East and other guests from Asia.
In addition to the host, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, attendees included the presidents of the Palestinian National Authority, Mahmoud Abbas; Egypt, Abdelfatteh al-Sisi; Iraq, Abudl Latif Rashid; Iran, Ebrahim Raisi, and Syria, Bashar al Assad. In addition, the presidents of Indonesia, Joko Widodo, and Kyrgyzstan, Sady Japarov, participate from Asia.
Curiously, this is the Iranian president’s first trip to Saudi Arabia since these two competing regional powers reestablished diplomatic relations in March thanks to the mediation of China. His assistance is extremely important because Iran not only supports Hamas, but also Hezbollah in Lebanon and the Houthis in Yemen, who threaten to spread the war in Gaza by opening more fronts against Israel.
According to the official Saudi Press news agency, the objective of this summit is to reach “a unified collective position that expresses the common Arab and Islamic will on the dangerous and unprecedented developments seen in Gaza and the Palestinian territories.” According to the deputy secretary general of the Arab League, Hossam Zaki, its purpose is to demonstrate how these countries “move on the international scene to stop aggression, support Palestine and its people, condemn the Israeli occupation and demand accountability for their crimes.” , picks up Arab News.
For his part, the crown prince of Saudi Arabia, Bin Salman, reiterated on Friday in a meeting with African countries his “condemnation against the Israeli authorities for their occupation and violation of international humanitarian laws in Gaza.”
Despite this support from Arab and Muslim nations, radical groups such as Islamic Jihad say they “expect nothing” from the meeting and criticize their delay in meeting more than one after the outbreak of the war.
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