Warns Erdogan: US decision on Jerusalem will not be easily implemented

Turkish President Recep Tayip Erdogan has said the decisions to be made during the meeting at the Organisation for Islamic Co-operation (OIC) will show that recognising Jerusalem as the capital of Israel on the part of the United States will not be easily applicable.

An Erdogan spokesman has announced that the OIC will hold an emergency meeting in Turkey on 13 December to co-ordinate, in response to the US decision.

Founded in 1969, the OIC has 57 members, most of them in the majority Muslim population.

“We have clarified all of our co-ordinators that the US decision is not in line with international law and diplomacy”, Erdogan said in Turkey's central province of Sivas, referring to a phone call he made with several leaders, including French President Emmanuel Macron.

“In the program we will create during this meeting, we will reveal how the decision will not be so easily applicable”, he said, adding that he considers President Trump's decision on Jerusalem invalid.

The Arab League, through a statement at an emergency session in Cairo, has named President Trump's decision, “dangerous violation of international law”, and is said to require resolution by the UN Security Council to reject the US decision.

The Arab League has 22 active member states.