New York — Members of the Arab Peace Initiative Committee and European countries came together for a roundtable meeting in New York on Wednesday to revive the Arab Peace Initiative at the Saudi invitation to hold such a meeting.
Foreign Minister Prince Faisal Bin Farhan and the Secretary-General of the Arab League Ahmed About Gheit called for the meeting on the sidelines of the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly.
#NewYork | At the invitation of HH Foreign Minister Prince @FaisalbinFarhan and the Secretary-General of the League of Arab States HE Ahmed Aboul Gheit,a roundtable meeting was held for the members of the Arab Peace Initiative Committee and the European countries sponsoring peace pic.twitter.com/fPUG6adjAl
— Foreign Ministry 🇸🇦 (@KSAmofaEN) September 21, 2022
The meeting comes on the 20th anniversary of the Kingdom’s launch of the Arab Peace Initiative, hosted by the European Union’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep Borrell.
His Excellency the Secretary-General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (#OIC), Mr. #Hissein_Brahim_Taha, participates in the opening of the General Debate of the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly in #NewYork. #UNGA pic.twitter.com/Y1dl1AnBfY
— OIC (@OIC_OCI) September 20, 2022
The meeting aims to build on the Arabic Peace Initiative. Which remains the starting point for the Palestinian, Arab and Islamic stance.
#NewYork | Foreign Minister H.H Prince @FaisalbinFarhan participates at the high-level Ministerial Meeting of the Group of Friends of the Global Development Initiative, chaired by the People's Republic of #China, on the sidelines of the 77th Session of the #UNGA. pic.twitter.com/Irtk60NmGL
— Foreign Ministry 🇸🇦 (@KSAmofaEN) September 21, 2022
A fundamental basis for any solution to the peace process for international partners, and in the absence of prospects for a political solution to end the conflict.
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Also, it aims to highlight the alarming deterioration of the humanitarian situation and the growing threats, with the rapid growth of illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories.
The #OIC Committee of Six on #Palestine held a meeting on the margins of the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly in #NewYork on 19 September 2022, chaired by the Secretary-General HE Mr. #Hissein_Brahim_Taha https://t.co/uxL6KhuKVy pic.twitter.com/ZVYwweCY7g
— OIC (@OIC_OCI) September 20, 2022
Fears of a new wave of violence threatening the brotherly Palestinian people and exposing the security and stability of the region to grave danger.
Meanwhile, at the same occasion, the General Secretariat will hold the annual coordination meeting at the level of Foreign Ministers, in addition to the meetings of the OIC Six-Member Committee on #Palestine, the Contact Group on #Muslims in #Europe,
— OIC (@OIC_OCI) September 17, 2022
The Arab League adopted the Kingdom-launched Arab Peace Initiative at the Beirut Summit in 2002.
OIC, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, supported the initiative and was welcomed by the European Union, the United Nations, and the international community.
Arab Peace Initiative is the mainstay of a lasting. Just, and comprehensive peace agreement between the Palestinians and the Israelis.