Maldives reaffirms solidarity with Palestine
State Minister Khaleel attended an emergency meeting of the OIC.
18 Jul 2019, 9:00 AM
Maya Mauroof
The Maldives reaffirmed support for an independent and sovereign Palestine on Wednesday at an extraordinary ministerial meeting of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation.
The OIC Executive Committee’s emergency meeting in Saudi Arabia was called upon the request of Palestine following Israeli violations in the occupied city of Jerusalem.
In a statement delivered at the OIC general secretariat’s headquarters in Jeddah, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Ahmed Khaleel said the Maldives will continue to call for an independent and sovereign state of Palestine, based on the 1967 borders with East Jerusalem as its capital.
Khaleel went on to say that the injustices, oppression and humiliation of the Palestinian people cast a dark shadow over the entire Islamic community, according to a statement by the foreign ministry.
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