KABUL: Foreign Ministers of seven Arab and Muslim-majority countries held a meeting in Istanbul, Turkey, to discuss the possibility of forming an international peacekeeping force for the Gaza Strip.
Al Jazeera reported on Monday night, highlighting the participation of the foreign ministers from Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Jordan, Pakistan, and Indonesia.
One of the primary goals of the meeting was to foster closer cooperation among these countries toward the creation of such a force.
The proposed peacekeeping force is intended to help maintain the fragile ceasefire that was established on October 10 but has been repeatedly violated.
Hakan Fidan, Turkey’s Foreign Minister, told reporters that discussions about forming this force—part of Donald Trump’s proposed plan to end the conflict in Gaza—are ongoing.
However, he noted that the framework for the creation and operation of an international peacekeeping force in Gaza has yet to be finalized.
According to Al Jazeera, mistrust between Arab and Muslim countries and the Israeli occupying regime remains one of the key challenges to the realization of such a force.
It is worth noting that the Israeli occupying regime has violated the Gaza ceasefire multiple times over the past month, killing dozens of Palestinians.