Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu met with his counterpart, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, on the occasion of the meeting of the Islamic Cooperation Organization, to discuss current issues, especially the Masjid al-Aqsa.

Çavuşoğlu and Zarif were interviewed on the basis of information reported in Iranian news sources that they “searching ways to prevent violence and murders in the occupied territories, especially in Jerusalem,” as recorded by the social media account of Çavuşoğlu.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said in an announcement to journalists at Istanbul Airport that the Zionist invaders are the main danger for the Islamic world and that the extraordinary meeting of the Organization for Islamic Cooperation (OIC) that held in Turkiye on the agenda of Jerusalem and Palestine is an appropriate and coordinated initiative of Islamic countries evaluated.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, who came to Istanbul to attend the OIC meeting held on the agenda of the Palestinian and Jerusalem, pointed out that the zionists are trying to change the fabric and identity of the occupied territories and try to Jewish these territories, as the zionist invaders are pursuing other issues and unnecessary targets.

The OIC Extraordinary Meeting is going to be held in Istanbul today for the examination of the latest situation in occupied territories. The main focus of the meeting was the recent weeks in Jerusalem and Masjid Al-Aqsa, where the Zionists made the blockades and pressure on Palestinian Muslims.

The OIC ministers are examining the latest situation in the occupied territories at the meeting. At the end of the session, Turkiye was expected to publish a statement by the participating countries at the end of the session, and Turkiye, who was the chairman of the OIC and the Executive Committee, proposed to hold this meeting after the obstacles and increased attacks of the zionist invaders in Palestine. (ILKHA)