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Ammon News - AMMONNEWS - Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad Malki met in Jeddah with his Jordanian and Turkish counterparts and discussed coordinating efforts to confront the declaration by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on annexing the occupied Jordan Valley and Israeli violations in Jerusalem and its Islamic holy places.

Malki told Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi that annexing the Jordan Valley will destroy any chance of having a just and comprehensive peace in the region and will be a threat to world peace and security.

Safadi stressed Jordan’s strong position against Netanyahu’s plans, which it considers a blatant violation of international law and undermines the right of peoples in this region to live in peace.

The Malki-Safadi meeting took place on the side of a meeting for foreign ministers of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation's (OIC) member states, who also strongly condemned Israeli plans to annex any part of the occupied Palestinian territory.

Malki also met on the side of the OIC meetings his Turkish counterpart Mevlüt Çavusoglu where they also discussed Netanyahu’s plans and ways to confront this in international forums, particularly at the upcoming meetings of the United Nations General Assembly.

Çavusoglu said his country strongly condemns and oppose annexing any part of the occupied Palestinian land and considers it a blatant violation of United Nations resolution.

*WAFA