The League of Parliamentarians for Al-Quds has completed preparations to launch its fifth international conference, entitled “Freedom and Independence for Palestine,” in Istanbul.

The conference activities will begin on Friday, April 26, 2024, in the presence of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and under the patronage of the Speaker of the Turkish Parliament, Numan Kurtulmuş, with the participation of more than 500 parliamentarians from 70 countries, in addition to official, international and Turkish figures.

The conference will continue for three days, and will include activities, seminars and dialogue sessions on the Palestinian issue and the genocidal war waged by the Israeli occupation against the Gaza Strip.

The opening session of the conference is scheduled to include a speech by the Turkish President, the Speaker of Parliament, and the President of the Association, Sheikh Hamid bin Abdullah Al-Ahmar, in addition to the Vice-President of the Association, Nour al-Din Nakhti.

The conference will also include political and legal seminars and a parliamentary dialogue session on the role of the Palestine Parliamentary Committees in supporting the Palestinian cause, and the parliamentary platform will include speeches by the heads of parliaments and representatives of participating delegations, in addition to a humanitarian symposium containing relief projects for the Gaza Strip.

On the sidelines of the conference, there will be exhibitions related to the Palestinian issue and heritage, in addition to an exhibition on the genocidal war in the Gaza Strip.