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Mongolia
joined several l leaders from the Middle East and Asia
to condemn Israel”s raid on a Turkish aid ship bound for Gaza at a summit in Istanbul on Tuesday, calling
on the Jewish state to end its “inhuman” blockade of the Palestinian
territory, according to a report by Reuters. All members of
the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA) except Israel
itself denounced it for last week”s raid. President Ts. Elbegdorj led the
Mongolian delegation to the summit.
A final declaration of the 20-member forum issued at the end of the two-day
summit omitted any reference to Israel, which as a fellow member had objected
to such mention, but Turkish President Gul, who was also acting as
chairman of CICA, read a separate declaration in which all members except
Israel criticized Israel”s actions.
CICA has been a low-key forum until now, but the timing of the conference and
the list of attendees transformed it into a platform for countries to launch
verbal attacks against Israel and issue pledges of Muslim brotherhood. Its
members include: Afghanistan,
Azerbaijan,
China, Egypt,
India, Iran,
Israel, Jordan, Kazakhstan,
Kyrgyzstan,
Mongolia, Pakistan,
Palestine, Republic of Korea, Russia,
Tajikistan,
Thailand,
Turkey, United Arab Emirates
and Uzbekistan.
joined several l leaders from the Middle East and Asia
to condemn Israel”s raid on a Turkish aid ship bound for Gaza at a summit in Istanbul on Tuesday, calling
on the Jewish state to end its “inhuman” blockade of the Palestinian
territory, according to a report by Reuters. All members of
the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA) except Israel
itself denounced it for last week”s raid. President Ts. Elbegdorj led the
Mongolian delegation to the summit.
A final declaration of the 20-member forum issued at the end of the two-day
summit omitted any reference to Israel, which as a fellow member had objected
to such mention, but Turkish President Gul, who was also acting as
chairman of CICA, read a separate declaration in which all members except
Israel criticized Israel”s actions.
CICA has been a low-key forum until now, but the timing of the conference and
the list of attendees transformed it into a platform for countries to launch
verbal attacks against Israel and issue pledges of Muslim brotherhood. Its
members include: Afghanistan,
Azerbaijan,
China, Egypt,
India, Iran,
Israel, Jordan, Kazakhstan,
Kyrgyzstan,
Mongolia, Pakistan,
Palestine, Republic of Korea, Russia,
Tajikistan,
Thailand,
Turkey, United Arab Emirates
and Uzbekistan.
