World has totally failed Gaza
SAYYID THEYAZIN PARTICIPATES IN WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM
HH Sayyid Theyazin bin Haitham al Said, Minister of Culture, Sports and Youth, on Sunday took part in the special meeting of the World Economic Forum. The event is hosted in Riyadh, under the theme ‘Global Collaboration, Growth and Energy for Development’.
A number of heads of states, senior international figures, policy makers and experts of various international and academic organisations are participating in the event.
Sessions of the special meeting focused on a set of topics, namely international cooperation, growth and energy for development. They addressed various economic, geopolitical and climate issues and challenges in order to find and innovate sustainable solutions.
During the participation, HH Sayyid Theyazin was accompanied by an official delegation that comprised Sultan bin Salim al Habsi, Minster of Finance, Abdulsalam bin Mohammed al Murshidi, Chairman of Oman Investment
Authority, Eng Said bin Hamoud al Maawali, Minister of Transport, Communications and Information Technology, HH Sayyid Faisal bin Turki al Said, Ambassador of Oman to Saudi Arabia, and Mohsin bin Hamad al Hadhrami, Under-secretary of the Ministry of Energy and Minerals.
Meanwhile, Saudi Arabia on Sunday said the international community has failed Gaza and reiterated its call for a Palestinian state at the global economic summit.
CATASTROPHE
“The situation in Gaza obviously is a catastrophe by every measure — humanitarian, but also a complete failing of the existing political system to deal with that crisis,” Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan said during the first day of a Saudi-hosted World Economic
Forum special meeting.
Only “a credible, irreversible path to a Palestinian state” will prevent the world from confronting “this same situation two, three, four years down the line,” he said.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Palestinian leaders and high-ranking officials from other countries trying to broker a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas are attending the summit in Riyadh.
Speaking in Riyadh, Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas said the United States “is the only country capable” of preventing Israel’s longfeared invasion of Rafah city in southern Gaza.
“We appeal to the United States of America to ask Israel to stop the Rafah operation,” he said, warning it would harm and displace civilians, and be “the biggest disaster in the history of the Palestinian people”.
Earlier, Saudi Finance Minister Mohammed al Jadaan called for regional “stability”, warning of the effects of the war on global economic sentiment.