, Aug. 25 -- Foreign Affairs Adviser Md Touhid Hossain on Monday categorically said it is high time to take pragmatic steps and transform their legal and moral commitments into concrete actions to stop the Israeli military aggression and genocide against the people of Palestine.

Regarding the recent indication of recognition to the Palestinian statehood from a number of Western countries, Hossain said this could be the least they could do to acknowledge the crimes against humanity perpetrated by the occupying forces of Israel.

He made the remarks during his intervention at the extraordinary meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) held in Jeddah, according to the Ministry of Foreign Af...