OIC welcomes ceasefire announcement in Gaza Strip

OIC welcomes ceasefire announcement in Gaza Strip

Jeddah (UNA-OIC) – The General Secretariat of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has welcomed the announcement of a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.

The General Secretariat appreciated the efforts made by Egypt as well as the Arab, Islamic and international diplomatic efforts that led to the ceasefire announcement on Thursday.

At the same time, the General Secretariat called on international actors, including the Middle East Quartet and the UN Security Council, to work to find a political horizon for an end of the Israeli occupation, and to enable the Palestinian people to exercise national sovereignty in their independent State of Palestine on the 1967 borders with East Jerusalem as its capital, in accordance with relevant UN resolutions and the Arab Peace Initiative.

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