ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s deputy prime minister and foreign minister, Ishaq Dar, will travel to Saudi Arabia to attend an extraordinary meeting of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in Jeddah on Aug. 25-26, the Pakistani foreign ministry said on Sunday.
The statement comes as Israeli leaders vow to press on with a planned offensive in Gaza, with Israeli planes and tanks pounding the eastern and northern outskirts of Gaza City overnight Saturday to Sunday.
Israel approved a plan this month to seize control of Gaza City, describing it as Hamas’ last bastion. It is not expected to begin for a few weeks, leaving room for mediators Egypt and Qatar to try and resume ceasefire talks between the sides.
Dar, who is currently in Dhaka on a most high-profile visit by any Pakistani official to Bangladesh in recent years, will travel directly to Jeddah to attend the extraordinary session of the OIC Council of Foreign Ministers.
“The high-level meeting will bring together foreign ministers and senior officials from OIC member states to deliberate upon coordinated responses to the escalating developments in Palestine, resulting from ongoing
