ISLAMABAD: A host of Arab officials are scheduled to hold talks on Thursday with Swiss government officials on a Palestinian request to provide international protection for the Palestinian people against Israeli attacks.
According to a statement from the pan-Arab body, an Arab delegation would meet with officials from Switzerland, which is the depository for Geneva Conventions, to discuss a request by Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas to provide international protection for the Palestinians against Israeli "aggression", Anadolu News Agency reported.
The delegation is made up of Kuwaiti Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, the current president of the Arab Summit, Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki and Arab League Secretary General Nabil al-Arabi.
Last month, Abbas delivered a message to the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki- moon requesting international protection for the Palestinians against Israel which launched a wide-scale military offensive in the Gaza Strip that left hundreds of Palestinians dead and thousands wounded.
Violence flared up once again in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday following the collapse of Egypt-hosted indirect talks between Palestinians and Israel for reaching a permanent ceasefire deal in the Palestinian enclave.
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