OIC FMs commend Moroccan King’s support for Palestinian Issue
The Council of Foreign Ministers of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) praised, during its 49th session held in Nouakchott, March 16-17, the commendable efforts made by King Mohammed VI, Chairman of the Al-Quds Committee, in support of the Palestinian cause.
The ministers also hailed the role played by Bayt Mal Al-Quds Al-Sharif Agency in preserving the Holy City’s religious character and in supporting the resistance of its inhabitants.
The Council stressed the centrality of the role of the Al-Quds Committee, in the face of the serious measures taken by the Israeli authorities in the Holy City.
Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita, who led the Moroccan delegation to the OIC council, stressed the centrality of the Palestinian cause for Morocco and renewed its firm and unwavering support for Palestine.
“Morocco, in view of developments in the Palestinian territories, reaffirms the centrality of the just Palestinian cause and its firm and consistent position towards it,” he said.
Morocco, in light of developments in the Palestinian territories, considers the Palestinian issue “as a real challenge facing the joint Islamic action, which involves combining efforts to revive the peace process in the Middle East with the aim of achieving a fair and comprehensive settlement,” he said, adding that this will be possible only by adopting a realistic vision and a pragmatic perception, as part of a collective effort and a unified discourse, which stands apart from the sterile outbidding and the odious political instrumentalization that would harm the Palestinian cause instead of serving it.
Touching on struggle against terrorism and extremism, Bourita said that the Kingdom has always chosen the path of moderation and fairness and has made it a beacon that illuminates its directions.
In this sense, he recalled that Morocco has implemented since 2003 a comprehensive and multidimensional strategy that has proved effective in countering terrorism and extremism and has made its experience available to brotherly and friendly countries, especially in Africa. In this connection, Morocco has mobilized two important institutions that contribute to the strengthening of spiritual security and the fight against extremist ideology in Africa, namely the Mohammed VI Foundation of African Ulema, which is present in more than 32 African countries, and the Rabat-based Mohammed VI Institute for the Training of Imams, Mourshidin and Mourshidat, which has opened its doors to African theologians, particularly from Sahel countries.
He reiterated Morocco’s call to the Islamic countries to increase cooperation in order to eradicate terrorism and block the way to extremist groups that seek to distort the image of Islam and present it as a religion of extremism, which fuels hatred and racism against Muslims worldwide and encourages extremist intellectual and political tendencies to offend the sacred symbols of the Islamic religion.
The Moroccan top diplomat who called for inter-Islamic solidarity to face up all challenges and fulfil the developmental and social goals of member states, renewed Morocco’s full willingness to adhere to all initiatives to develop joint Islamic action and meet the legitimate aspirations of peoples to security and stability.
He also reiterated the Kingdom’s support for all initiatives and good offices aimed at advancing the peace process in a number of Islamic countries that are still experiencing wars and conflicts, as part of its principles regarding the preservation of the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Islamic countries, non-interference in their internal affairs and the resolution of disputes and conflicts through peaceful and diplomatic means.
“The Kingdom stresses the importance of pursuing the reform dynamic within the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, according to a participatory vision, based on consensus and a long-term vision, far from the logic of tensions and rivalries that would affect our cohesion and union,” he said.
He renewed Morocco’s full willingness to adhere to all initiatives to develop joint Islamic action and meet the legitimate aspirations of peoples to security and stability.
He also reiterated the Kingdom’s support for all initiatives and good offices aimed at advancing the peace process in a number of Islamic countries that are still experiencing wars and conflicts, the optimal goal, according to him, is to adhere to its principles consisting of the preservation of the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Islamic countries, non-interference in their internal affairs and the resolution of disputes and conflicts by peaceful and diplomatic means.
