Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar leaves for Jeddah to attend the Open-Ended Extraordinary 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 from February 26 to 28, according to a Ministry of Foreign Affairs publication in X.
According to the publication, “he will hold parallel meetings with his counterparts from the OIC Member States. During the visit, he will also make brief visits to the Holy Cities.”
Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar @MIshaqDar60 left Islamabad for Saudi Arabia to attend the open-ended Extraordinary 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 as Israeli property. Diplomatic sources said member states were likely to issue strong condemnation.
On February 22, in a joint statement, the foreign ministers of Pakistan, Egypt, Jordan, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Indonesia, Kuwait, Oman, Turkiye, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Lebanon, Syria and Palestine, along with the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, the League of Arab States and the Gulf Cooperation Council, expressed “deep concern.”
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The concern concerned comments made by the US ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, speaking to Tucker Carlson, suggesting that he would not oppose Tel Aviv taking over large parts of the Middle East.
The ministers said Huckabee’s comments 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 the escalation and create a political path to a deal that ensures Palestinians have an independent state.
Dar, along with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Chief of Defense Forces Asim Munir, attended a meeting with Qatar’s Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani in Doha on Tuesday, with discussions covering bilateral cooperation and evolving regional situation.
While the Prime Minister’s statement on the Qatar visit did not explicitly detail 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 for Gaza figured in the discussions, given the rapidly evolving security environment in the broader region.
