NIGERIA TO HELP BRING AN END TO THE WAR IN GAZA
The Federal Republic of Nigeria has been selected by the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) and the Arab League as part of a special delegation mandated to initiate immediate international action to halt the ongoing war in Gaza.
The decision was taken in furtherance
to the resolution adopted at the Joint Arab Islamic extraordinary summit on
Israeli aggressions against the Palestinian people, which took place in Riyadh over the weekend.
The resolution bearing the
inclusion of Nigeria in the peace team states the following: "Assign the
Foreign Minister of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, in its capacity as the
presidency of the 32nd Arab and Islamic Summit, along with counterparts from
Jordan, Egypt, Qatar, Türkiye, Indonesia, Nigeria, and Palestine, and any other
interested countries, and the Secretary-General of both organizations to
initiate immediate international action on behalf of all member states of the
OIC and the Arab League to formulate an international move to halt the war in
Gaza and to pressure for a real and serious political process to achieve
permanent and comprehensive peace in accordance with established international
references."
The resolution on the inclusion
of Nigeria was communicated to Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, H.E.
Ambassador Yusuf Maitama Tuggar by the Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia in
Nigeria.