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OIC calls for swift withdrawal of occupiers from Iraq

IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency

Putrajaya, April 22, IRNA -- The Organization of the Islamic 
Conference (OIC) issued a declaration here Thursday calling for swift 
withdrawal of invaders from Iraq. 
Foreign ministers and representatives from about 20 countries 
representing various special committees in the 56-member OIC, the 
world`s largest Islamic grouping, met in Malaysia`s administrative 
capital Putrajaya. 
OIC held an extraordinary meeting on Thursday to discuss recent 
developments in the Middle East region. 
The participants issued a declaration to urge the invaders to 
leave the country as soon as possible and let the Iraqi nation manage 
its own affairs. 
The statement urges the Iraqis to respect conventions with its 
neighboring countries. 
The participants at the OIC meeting expressed concern over 
disrespect to religious centers and called for observance of 
international rules and regulations concerning religious places. 
They also expressed concern over attack to foreign diplomats in 
Iraq and called for their security. 
Expressing concern over the existing crisis in the occupied land 
in Palestine, the OIC underlined the need to support the political, 
material and moral moves in Palestine and the legitimate rights of the
Palestinians to resist and struggle to attain their goal which is the 
liberation of the occupied land in Palestine. 
The declaration underlines the legitimate rights of all 
Palestinian in administering their own affairs and their right to 
return to their motherland. 
The participants underlined the legitimate right of the 
Palestinians in their fight against the Zionist regime. 
The participants called the United States of America to reconsider
its support for the plan devised by the Israeli prime minister which 
is contradictory with the peace efforts in the Middle East. 
The declaration underlines that no one has the right to give 
concession to the Israelis on Palestinian rights and it is only the 
Palestinians who can administer their own affairs. 
The OIC also called the United Nations Security Council to study 
stationing of a peace force in the Middle East region to monitor the 
implementation of the peace plan in the region. 
The declaration called the UN and international community to 
insist on restoration of legitimate rights of people in Palestine and 
Iraq. 
Malaysia currently chairs the OIC as well as the Non-Aligned 
Movement, which also plans to hold a meeting on the same issues after 
the OIC meeting. 
1430/AH/210 
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