VOA:
ISTANBUL — Leaders of majority Muslim nations gathered in Istanbul Wednesday
and condemned U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as
the capital of Israel as unlawful. The meeting came as unrest in the Middle
East continues, along with growing criticism over the Jerusalem move.
The
gathering was under the auspices of the 57-nation Organization of the Islamic
Conference, OIC. Turkey currently leads the OIC and the emergency summit was
called by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
"I am
inviting the countries who value international law and fairness to recognize
occupied Jerusalem as the capital of Palestine," Erdogan told leaders at
the start of the meeting Wednesday.
Palestinian
President Mahmoud Abbas, Jordanian King Abdullah II, Azerbaijan President Ilham
Aliyev, Bangladeshi President Abdoul Hamid and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani
are among the 22 heads of state and government attended. Egypt and Saudi
Arabia, along with 23 other countries, sent lower-level delegations.
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