TIL Desk/World/New Delhi/ Arab nations here have sought India’s support ahead of a rare emergency UN General Assembly session on Thursday that will vote over Jerusalem being recognised by the US as the capital of Israel.
Diplomatic sources here told that representatives of the Arab diplomatic community have met senior officials of the External Affairs Ministry seeking New Delhi’s support in Thursday’s crucial vote.
The latest development followed 18 Arab Ambassadors’ meeting with Minister of State for External Affairs MJ Akbar last week to seek India’s support in this regard. The emergency meeting of the UN General Assembly on Thursday will take up Trump’s decision on Jerusalem after the US vetoed a Security Council resolution criticising it.
General Assembly President Miroslav Lajcak is convening the special session at the request of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) and the Arab Group at the UN, his spokesperson Brenden Varma told reporters at the UN headquarters on Tuesday.
On Monday, US Permanent Representative Nikki Haley vetoed the Security Council resolution introduced by Egypt seeking to express “deep regret at recent decisions concerning the status.
All the other 14 members of the Council voted for the resolution.of Jerusalem” and asking other countries do not follow Washington and move their embassies to the city considered holy by Jews, Christians, and Muslims.
