Malaysia, as the chair of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC), has proposed that Islamic countries having diplomatic relations with Israel sever the ties and recall their envoys in response to Israel's atrocities against the al-Aqsa Mosque.

According to Malaysia's national news agency Bernama, Malaysian Foreign Minister Syed Hamid Albar made this remark on Saturday in Malaysia's southern state of Johor when he attended an aid donation activity for flood victims there.

Syed Hamid said that the proposal was made at an extraordinary meeting of OIC foreign ministers on Israeli aggression against the al-Aqsa Mosque, which was held in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, two days ago.

"We suggested that Islamic countries having diplomatic relations with Israel sever the ties or recall their ambassadors temporarily to show that we are serious and do not engage in mere empty talk," he was quoted as saying by Bernama.

The proposal, though difficult to implement, was agreed to in principle by the OIC countries and that OIC Secretary-General Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu was following up on the matter, he said.

Islamic countries should have an action plan that could be translated to the international community to resolve the problem of Palestine, not mere empty words, he added.

Syed Hamid is expected to visit Pakistan on Sunday to attend a meeting of foreign ministers of seven Islamic countries on the latest developments in Palestine, including Malaysia, Pakistan, Indonesia, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Jordan and Turkey, according to Bernama.

The seven countries are expected to draw up a new Palestine- Israel peace plan to be forwarded to the United States, the European Union and Israel, he said.

Source: Xinhua