Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar travels to Jeddah to attend the extraordinary open-ended ministerial session of the Executive Committee of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation PHOTO: X/FOREIGN OFFICE
Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar left Islamabad on Thursday for Saudi Arabia to attend the open-ended extraordinary ministerial session of the Executive Committee of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in Jeddah, scheduled for February 26-28, according to a foreign ministry report on X.
According to the message, “he will hold parallel meetings with his counterparts from OIC Member States. During his visit, he will also undertake brief visits to the holy cities.”
Deputy Prime Minister/Foreign Minister Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar @MIshaqDar60 left Islamabad for Saudi Arabia to attend the extraordinary open-ended ministerial session of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (#OCI) Executive Committee in Jeddah (February 26-28… 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 land in the occupied West Bank Israeli property. Diplomatic sources indicated that member states would likely issue strong condemnation.
In a joint statement on February 22, the foreign ministers of Pakistan, Egypt, Jordan, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Indonesia, Kuwait, Oman, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Lebanon, Syria and Palestine, as well as the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, the League of Arab States and the Gulf Cooperation Council, expressed their “deep concern”.
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The concern was over comments made by the US Ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, speaking to Tucker Carlson, suggesting that he would not oppose Tel Aviv’s takeover of much of the Middle East.
The ministers said Huckabee’s remarks contradicted “the vision presented by US President Donald Trump, as well as the Comprehensive Plan to End the Conflict in Gaza”, which they said aims to contain escalation and create a political path to a settlement guaranteeing the Palestinians an independent state.
Dar, alongside Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Chief of Defense Forces Asim Munir, attended a meeting with the Emir of Qatar, Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, in Doha on Tuesday, with discussions covering bilateral cooperation and regional developments.
Although 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 standoff between Iran and the United States and efforts around a peace plan in Gaza featured in the discussions, given the rapidly changing security environment in the wider region.
