Palestinian Authority Foreign Minister Riad Malki suggested on Thursday that Arab countries should recall their ambassadors to the United States in response to Washington moving its embassy in Israel to Jerusalem.
Protesting the embassy's relocation, Ramallah ordered its ambassador to Washington to return home for consultations on Tuesday. On Wednesday, the PA recalled its envoys to Romania, Hungary, Austria and the Czech Republic, in protest of their diplomats attending the American Embassy's opening ceremony, which took place on Monday.
"There is no harm in Arab states collectively recalling their ambassadors in Washington to their capitals for consultations," Malki said in live televised remarks at the Arab League in Cairo.
Malki also said the 22 members of the Arab League should summon U.S. ambassadors "to remind them of the Arab rejection of the U.S. Embassy's transfer to Jerusalem."
He said Arab states had agreed at previous summit meetings that they would cut ties with any country that moves its embassy to Jerusalem.
It was unclear what the response would be to Maliki's suggestion. Several Arab countries, such as Egypt and Saudi Arabia, enjoy strong ties with the administration of President Donald Trump.
Most countries say the status of Jerusalem, a city sacred to Jews, Muslims and Christians, should be determined in a final peace settlement and that moving their embassies now would prejudge any such deal.
