Saudi Arabia, which chairs the current session of the Islamic Summit, has invited the member nations of the Organisation of Islamic Nations (OIC) for the meeting to be held in Jeddah on Wednesday
New Delhi:
A top grouping of Islamic nations has called an “urgent extraordinary meeting” in Saudi Arabia to discuss the Israel-Gaza war. The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) seeks to address the “military escalation” and “threat to defenceless civilians in Gaza”.
Saudi Arabia, which chairs the current session of the Islamic Summit, has invited the member nations for the meeting to be held in Jeddah on Wednesday.
“At the invitation of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia… the Organisation’s Executive Committee is convening an urgent open-ended extraordinary meeting at the ministerial level, to address the escalating military situation in Gaza and its environs as well as the deteriorating conditions that endanger the lives of civilians and the overall security and stability of the region,” the OIC said in a statement on its website.