Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar departs for Jeddah to attend the Open-Ended Extraordinary Ministerial Session of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation Executive Committee PHOTO: X/FOREIGN OFFICE
Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar departed Islamabad on Thursday for Saudi Arabia to attend the Open-Ended Extraordinary Ministerial Session of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Executive Committee in Jeddah, scheduled from February 26 to 28, according to a Foreign Office post on X.
According to the post, “He will hold sideline meetings with counterparts from OIC Member States. During the visit, he will also undertake brief visits to the Holy Cities.”
Deputy Prime Minister/Foreign Minister Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar @MIshaqDar60 has departed Islamabad for the Saudi Arabia to attend the Open-Ended Extraordinary Ministerial Session of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (#OIC) Executive Committee in Jeddah (26–28 February… pic.twitter.com/3EtSc0Xo8h
— Ministry of Foreign Affairs – Pakistan (@ForeignOfficePk) February 26, 2026
The session is expected to focus, in particular, on recent decisions and measures declaring lands in the occupied West Bank as Israeli property. Diplomatic sources said member states are likely to issue a strong condemnation.
On February 22, in a joint statement, foreign ministers from Pakistan, Egypt, Jordan, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Indonesia, Kuwait, Oman, Turkiye, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Lebanon, Syria, and Palestine, along with the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, League of Arab States, and Gulf Cooperation Council, expressed “profound concern”.
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The concern was regarding comments made by the US Ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee speakig to Tucker Carlson, suggesting he would not oppose Tel Aviv taking over large parts of the Middle East.
The ministers said Huckabee’s remarks contradicted “the vision put forward by US President Donald Trump, as well as the Comprehensive Plan to End the Gaza Conflict,” which they said aims to contain escalation and create a political path toward a settlement ensuring Palestinians have an independent state.
Dar, alongside Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Chief of Defence Forces Asim Munir, on Tuesday attended a meeting with the Emir of Qatar, Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, in Doha, with discussions spanning bilateral cooperation and the evolving regional situation.
While the Prime Minister’s statement regarding the Qatar visit did not explicitly spell out specific regional flashpoints, it is understood that ongoing tensions between Pakistan and Afghanistan, the Iran-US standoff, and efforts surrounding a Gaza peace plan figured in the discussions, given the fast-evolving security environment in the wider region.
