The foreign ministers of eight countries — Türkiye, Egypt, Indonesia, Jordan, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates — convened in New York on 21 September 2026, on the sidelines of the 81st Session of the United Nations General Assembly, issuing a joint statement that pressed for the full implementation of a framework they called the Comprehensive Plan for Gaza and its associated Road Map.

The ministers expressed deep concern over what they described as continued humanitarian suffering in Gaza, calling on Israel to immediately fulfil its outstanding commitments under the First Phase of the Comprehensive Plan. Those commitments include ensuring the immediate, safe, and unhindered delivery of humanitarian assistance and Early Recovery supplies, and facilitating the rehabilitation of critical infrastructure. The ministers stressed the imperative of preserving the ceasefire and ending all violations.

On the plan's Second Phase, the statement described the Road Map as its implementation framework, encompassing decommissioning alongside full Israeli withdrawal, the deployment of an International Stabilization Force, the assumption of responsibilities by the National Committee for the Administration of Gaza throughout the Gaza Strip, and the launch of Early Recovery and Reconstruction.

The eight ministers jointly described a range of measures they characterised as illegal, including accelerating settlement expansion, land confiscation, demolition of Palestinian homes, settler violence, and forced displacement, and called for their immediate reversal. They also expressed grave concern over measures undermining the historical and legal Status Quo of Muslim and Christian holy sites in Jerusalem. They welcomed recent steps by the United Kingdom and broader European efforts to halt trade with illegal Israeli settlements, calling for further measures and accountability for settler violence.

The statement reaffirmed that Gaza must remain an integral part of Palestinian territory and that the Comprehensive Plan must contribute to the reunification of the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and the Gaza Strip, and to what the ministers called a credible and irreversible pathway toward a sovereign, viable, and independent Palestinian State with East Jerusalem as its capital, through a two-state solution.

The ministers commended the leadership of President Donald J. Trump and underscored what they called the indispensable role of the United States in ensuring implementation of the plan, calling for sustained and active US engagement to ensure all parties, including Israel, fulfil their commitments.

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