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Emergency OIC summit, Arab League meeting called
December 07, 2017
Cairo/Ankara, Dec 7 (INP) Jordan and the Palestinians on Wednesday requested an emergency Arab foreign ministers’ meeting to discuss the issue of Al-Quds, the Arab League said. The meeting is likely to be convened on Saturday, a diplomatic source said. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan called a summit of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in Istanbul on Dec. 13, his spokesman said. “In the face of developments that arouse sensitivity over the status of Jerusalem, Mr. President is calling a leaders’ summit of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in order to display joint action among Islamic countries,” presidential spokesman Ibrahim Kalin told reporters in Ankara. Turkey currently holds the chairmanship of the OIC. The Jordanian government also called for an extraordinary meeting of OIC foreign ministers on Sunday to coordinate Arab and Islamic positions on Jerusalem. INP/AH
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