BERNAMA – Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim confirmed that he received an invitation on Thursday from Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to attend a special Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) meeting in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Anwar said he is still considering the invitation from Mohammed, who is also the Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia. “Yesterday, Prince Mohammed bin Salman informed me about a special OIC meeting in Riyadh and asked me to attend, so I replied, Insya-Allah, I will try,” he said at the Temu Anwar programme at Universiti Pertahanan Nasional Malaysia (UPNM) yesterday.
The Prime Minister said the world must exert stronger pressure to stop the brutality and oppression in Gaza and uphold justice in humanitarian values, especially for Palestine.
The Prime Minister vowed to remain steadfast in his stance although some foreign leaders have advised him not to be too “firm” on the Palestinian issue.
“Indeed, some of my friends have advised me, ‘Anwar, we are a small country; don’t be too firm’. I am on good terms with (foreign leaders); in Vientiane (Laos), I met with Anthony Blinken (US Secretary of State) for an hour. We discussed investment, Gaza and Lebanon’,” Anwar said.
