Bangladesh has underlined the importance of mobilising international pressure on Israel for halting and reversing its policies and practices.

“The OIC must find an alternative multi-power multi-stakeholder platform to take forward the peace process to a meaningful end,” said Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali at the Extraordinary OIC Summit held in Istanbul on Friday.

“We must engage the international community proactively, with immediate action by the Ministerial Group on Al-Quds to reach out to important state capitals as well as with activation of OIC ambassadors in New York, Geneva, The Hague and Brussels,” he added.

The minister led an eight-member Bangladesh delegation at the 7th Extraordinary Summit of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC).

The summit focused on use of forces by Israel on the Palestinians and the official opening of the US embassy in Jerusalem on May 14.

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, who currently holds OIC's rotating chairmanship, called the summit.

The minister participated in it as the chair of the 45th Council of Foreign Minister, according to the foreign ministry.