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Oman FM visits Al-Aqsa in ‘historic’ move

February 16, 2018 at 11:03 am

Omani Foreign Minister Yusuf Bin Alawi bin Abdullah (C) outside the Al-Aqsa Mosque

Omani Foreign Minister Yusuf Bin Alawi bin Abdullah visited the Al-Aqsa Mosque yesterday.

Azzam Al-Khatib, the director of the Islamic Waqf in occupied Jerusalem, who received the Omani minister, described the visit as “historic” and said it was aimed at supporting the people of Jerusalem.

The visit comes after a meeting between the Omani minister and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah.

During a press conference with the PA president, the Omani foreign minister called on the Arab countries to “accept the invitation of Mahmoud Abbas to visit Palestine and occupied Jerusalem, stressing that the Palestinian people are not alone and that all the Arab peoples are behind them”.

We will go to Jerusalem to complete the image of Palestine, which changed when we saw the steadfastness of the Palestinian people, and we must be present with them

he said.

“What is required is the hard work of the Palestinians to build their country, which has historically been a beacon of science, containing universities, schools, professors and experts,” he added.

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