Al Jazeera - February 3, 2020
Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) rejects Trump Mideast plan
Meeting at request of Palestinian leadership comes after Arab League rejects US president's proposal.
The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has said it rejects US President Donald Trump 's recently unveiled Middle East plan.
The 57-member body, which held a meeting on Monday (Feb 3) to discuss the plan in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, said in a statement that it "calls on all member states not to engage with this plan or to cooperate with the US administration in implementing it in any form".
Requested by the Palestinian leadership, the meeting of the body came two days after the Arab League rejected Trump's so-called "deal of the century", saying: "It does not meet the minimum rights and aspirations of Palestinian people."
With member states from four continents, the OIC is the second-largest intergovernmental organization in the world after the United Nations, with a collective population reaching more than 1.8 billion.
Iran 'barred'
Tellingly, Iran on Monday accused Saudi Arabia of blocking its officials from attending the OIC meeting.
"The government of Saudi Arabia has prevented the participation of the Iranian delegation in the meeting to examine the 'deal of the century' plan at the headquarters of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation," Fars news agency quoted Abbas Mousavi, spokesman for Iran's foreign ministry, as saying.
Mousavi said Iran - one of the countries to strongly condemn Trump's plan - had filed a complaint with the OIC and accused Saudi Arabia of misusing its position as the host for the organization's headquarters.
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