Iran FM Araghchi calls for an emergency OIC meeting over Gaza

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has called for an emergency meeting of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) over the deteriorating situation in the Gaza Strip, Report informs via Mehr News Agency.

In a letter addressed to the Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Hissein Brahim Taha, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan and Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan on Thursday, Iran’s top diplomat urged for an emergency meeting of the OIC to discuss the humanitarian disaster in Gaza and coordinate the supplies of immediate humanitarian aid.

The latest statistics and reports received from all well-known humanitarian organizations and media indicate that the civilian population of Gaza is facing a situation that can only be described in one word: genocide, Araghchi noted.

Considering these developments and within the framework of the provisions of the Charter of the organization and previous procedures in holding the extraordinary meetings of the Council of Foreign Ministers, “I hereby officially demand holding an extraordinary meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers as possible at the headquarters of the Organization’s Secretariat in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.”