Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan will attend a ministerial meeting on Jerusalem in Jordan’s capital Amman on Wednesday to discuss the city’s status, the situation in the occupied Palestinian territories and efforts to advance a two-state solution, according to Turkish foreign ministry sources.
According to the sources on Tuesday, the meeting will be hosted by Jordanian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi.
Senior officials from Türkiye, Jordan, Palestine, Egypt, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Indonesia, Bahrain, Iraq, Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria, Somalia and Malaysia, as well as the secretary-general of the Arab League, are expected to attend.
Participants are expected to discuss preserving the historical and legal status of Jerusalem’s holy sites, developments in occupied East Jerusalem and the West Bank, Israel’s actions that are deemed contrary to international law, the Gaza ceasefire process, recent developments concerning the Palestinian issue and international efforts to implement a two-state solution.
According to the sources, Fidan is expected to stress the religious, historical and cultural significance of Jerusalem for Muslims and underscore that preserving the city’s historical and legal status is a shared responsibility of the international community.
He is also expected to voice concern over Israeli actions aimed at altering the historical and legal status of Al-Aqsa Mosque, occupier terrorism and provocative acts, as well as violations targeting Christian holy sites and institutions in Jerusalem.
