AhlulBayt News Agency (ABNA): Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says international organizations have disappointed the Muslim world regarding the issue of Palestine, urging freedom-seeking people to defend Palestinian struggles against the Israeli regime's occupation.
Erdogan made the remarks in an address to the 34th meeting of the Standing Committee for Economic and Commercial Cooperation of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in Istanbul on Wednesday.
Muslims, Erdogan said, have pushed for solutions to the Palestine issue and wars, but international organizations have disappointed them.
The Turkish president, however, stressed the determination of the Islamic world to stand by the Palestinian nation and said, “As long as Muslims and people defend justice and freedom, Palestine will continue to exist.”
He also vowed to encourage his nation to visit Jerusalem al-Quds “so occupiers will not dim the lights of the holy city.”
The US recognized Jerusalem al-Quds as Israel’s “capital” last December and moved the American embassy to the occupied Palestinian city in May.
“We should not fall into trap of those who give more weight to a drop of oil than a drop of blood,” he added.
Elsewhere in his address, Erdogan called on Muslim countries to use national currencies in their transactions as an important step “for liberation from imperialist shackles.”
He further noted that increasing trade among member states of the OIC’s economic cooperation committee makes them strong.
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source : PressTV
Wednesday
28 November 2018
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says international organizations have disappointed the Muslim world regarding the issue of Palestine, urging freedom-seeking people to defend Palestinian struggles against the Israeli regime's occupation.