Baku, Azerbaijan, Dec.12
By Rufiz Hafizoglu - Trend:
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said that Egypt and the UAE will be represented at the level of foreign ministers at the extraordinary summit of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to be held on the Jerusalem issue in Istanbul on Dec.13, Turkish media reported.
The minister noted that Saudi Arabia has not yet decided on the level of participation in the OIC summit.
President Donald Trump announced on Dec.6 that the US will recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and that he will move the American embassy there once a location is secured.
“I have determined that it is time to officially recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel,” he said from the White House.
Israel proclaimed Jerusalem its capital after the end of the War of Independence in 1949. In 1967, after the Six Day War, it seized East Jerusalem and united it with the West Jerusalem, but the UN did not recognize this. Embassies of countries that have diplomatic relations with Israel are located mainly in Tel Aviv, Herzliya and Ramat Gan.