KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia continues to favour peaceful solutions through diplomacy and negotiations over the formation of an Islamic military alliance, as proposed by Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani, to counter Israel’s oppressive policies in Gaza.
Deputy Foreign Minister Datuk Mohamad Alamin said Malaysia’s foreign policy is guided by the Charter of the United Nations (UN) and international law, while firmly opposing the Zionist regime’s oppression of the Palestinian people.
"Malaysia believes that any form of cooperation should be comprehensive - not limited to military aspects but also encompassing humanitarian assistance and capacity-building efforts to ensure that peace and prosperity objectives can be achieved," he said during question time in the Dewan Rakyat on Thursday (Oct 9).
He was responding to a question from Nurul Amin Hamid (PN-Padang Terap) regarding Malaysia’s official stance on the Iraqi Prime Minister’s call for the establishment of an Islamic military alliance to confront Israel’s oppressive policies.
Mohamad said Mohammed Shia’s proposal, made on Sept 14, was not raised during the Arab-Islamic Emergency Summit in Qatar.
However, he noted that Malaysia is ready to participate in a peacekeeping mission in Palestine should it be established under the UN banner, similar to the Armed Forces’ involvement in the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (Unifil).
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