Qatar is continuing with its efforts to urge the US to reverse its decision recognising Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.

Foreign ministry spokesperson Lulwa Al Khater said that Qatar was denouncing US President Donald Trump’s move and warned the international community of its consequences, reported Al Jazeera.

International forums have already rejected Trump’s position, Al Khater said.

The move came just a day after the Organisation of Islamic Co-operation (OIC) decided to recognise East Jerusalem as the capital of the Palestinian state.

Al Khater underlined that the move has no effect on the legal or moral status of the occupied city of Jerusalem, which is in the heart of millions of Muslims and Christians. The move confronts the international legitimacy, including but not limited to the UN Resolution No. (478) of 1980, which stipulates the withdrawal of diplomatic missions from Jerusalem, she said, according to The Peninsula.

She said that Qatar will work ‘at both the Arab and Islamic levels’ to ensure United Nations resolutions on Jerusalem are upheld in the wake of the Washington’s policy change, citing Doha’s ties with the Arab League and OIC.

Under the 1947 UN Partition Plan to divide historical Palestine between Jewish and Arab states, Jerusalem was granted special status and was meant to be placed under international sovereignty and control.

The special status was based on Jerusalem's religious importance to the three Abrahamic religions; Christianity, Judaism and Islam.

Picture courtesy: Al Jazeera