ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and 7 different Muslim-majority nations on Tuesday condemned “continued incursions by extremist Israeli settlers” into the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound and known as for an instantaneous halt to what they described as provocative practices.
In a joint statementthe overseas ministers of Pakistan, Egypt, Turkey, Indonesia, Jordan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates rejected any makes an attempt to change the historic and authorized established order of Jerusalem’s Islamic and Christian holy websites.
“They stress that these provocative and unacceptable actions represent a flagrant violation of worldwide regulation, the related United Nations resolutions, and the historic and authorized established order on the holy websites in occupied East Jerusalem,” the assertion learn.
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Joint Assertion by International Ministers of the Group of Eight Arab-Islamic States
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The ministers additionally condemned systematic Israeli measures aimed toward “altering the historic, authorized, and demographic character of occupied East Jerusalem,” and affirmed the particular function of the Hashemite custodianship over the holy websites.
The assertion declared that the whole 144-dunam Al-Aqsa compound “is a spot of worship solely for Muslims” and that the Jordanian-affiliated Jerusalem Endowments Division has unique authority to manage entry to the location.
The overseas ministers held Israeli authorities answerable for halting the escalatory actions, warning that repeated violations gasoline instability and undermine peace efforts.
They known as for a two-state resolution primarily based on 1967 borders with East Jerusalem because the capital of a future Palestinian state.
