RIYADH: Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi is predicted to attend a summit within the Saudi capital on Sunday addressing the Israel-Hamas struggle, a supply acquainted with the preparations informed AFP on Monday.
It could be Raisi’s first go to to the Gulf kingdom for the reason that two international locations agreed to revive diplomatic relations after seven years of severed ties, a deal brokered by China and introduced in March.
The summit is being organised by the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), a 57-member bloc of majority Muslim international locations based mostly within the Saudi coastal metropolis of Jeddah.
It’s deliberate to happen sooner or later after an emergency assembly of Arab League leaders on the struggle, additionally within the Saudi capital Riyadh.
“President Raisi will attend the summit of the OIC in Riyadh,” the supply acquainted with planning for the summit informed AFP on situation of anonymity as they weren’t authorised to debate the plans with the media.
The OIC has repeatedly spoken out towards assaults on civilians in Gaza, the place Israel is making an attempt to eradicate Hamas in response to the militant group’s October 7 assault, which Israeli officers say left greater than 1,400 individuals lifeless, principally civilians, and noticed 240 taken hostage.
The dying toll in Gaza has surpassed 10,000 individuals, together with greater than 4,000 kids, the Hamas-run well being ministry mentioned Monday after practically one month of relentless Israeli bombardment.
Raisi and Saudi Arabia’s de facto ruler, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, held their first telephone name on October 12 through which each males voiced assist for the Palestinian trigger and, in keeping with Iranian state information company IRNA, mentioned the “want to finish struggle crimes towards Palestine”.
Neither nation recognises Israel, although earlier than the struggle broke out Saudi Arabia was concerned in discussions brokered by america about doable normalisation.
Iran has lengthy offered monetary and navy assist for Hamas.
Saudi officers are deeply apprehensive a few doable widening of the struggle that would derail Prince Mohammed’s sweeping Imaginative and prescient 2030 reform agenda supposed to transition the world’s greatest crude oil exporter away from fossil fuels.
It could be Raisi’s first go to to the Gulf kingdom for the reason that two international locations agreed to revive diplomatic relations after seven years of severed ties, a deal brokered by China and introduced in March.
The summit is being organised by the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), a 57-member bloc of majority Muslim international locations based mostly within the Saudi coastal metropolis of Jeddah.
It’s deliberate to happen sooner or later after an emergency assembly of Arab League leaders on the struggle, additionally within the Saudi capital Riyadh.
“President Raisi will attend the summit of the OIC in Riyadh,” the supply acquainted with planning for the summit informed AFP on situation of anonymity as they weren’t authorised to debate the plans with the media.
The OIC has repeatedly spoken out towards assaults on civilians in Gaza, the place Israel is making an attempt to eradicate Hamas in response to the militant group’s October 7 assault, which Israeli officers say left greater than 1,400 individuals lifeless, principally civilians, and noticed 240 taken hostage.
The dying toll in Gaza has surpassed 10,000 individuals, together with greater than 4,000 kids, the Hamas-run well being ministry mentioned Monday after practically one month of relentless Israeli bombardment.
Raisi and Saudi Arabia’s de facto ruler, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, held their first telephone name on October 12 through which each males voiced assist for the Palestinian trigger and, in keeping with Iranian state information company IRNA, mentioned the “want to finish struggle crimes towards Palestine”.
Neither nation recognises Israel, although earlier than the struggle broke out Saudi Arabia was concerned in discussions brokered by america about doable normalisation.
Iran has lengthy offered monetary and navy assist for Hamas.
Saudi officers are deeply apprehensive a few doable widening of the struggle that would derail Prince Mohammed’s sweeping Imaginative and prescient 2030 reform agenda supposed to transition the world’s greatest crude oil exporter away from fossil fuels.
