FM: Azerbaijan ready to support Palestinian people as OIC chair in 2026

Azerbaijan, as a responsible member of the OIC, as well as the OIC chairman in 2026, is always ready to support the brotherly Palestinian people, Azerbaijan Minister of Foreign Affairs Jeyhun Bayramov said as he addressed the extraordinary session of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Council of Foreign Ministers held in Saudi Arabia, Report informs, citing MFA.

In this regard, in addition to previous years, Bayramov noted that since 2023, when the escalation began, Azerbaijan has provided assistance in the amount of $2 million to alleviate the humanitarian situation of the Palestinian people.

The foreign minister said his country has taken the initiative to support the Palestinian people in the field of education and healthcare, and in this regard, the “Heydar Aliyev International Education Grant” has been allocated to 15 students from Palestine for 2024-2025, and Azerbaijan has also undertaken to build a 600-student school in Nablus.