President Adama Barrow left the Gambia on Thursday to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to attend the 14th Session of the Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation.

Mr Barrow is accompanied by a high ranking delegation to the OIC meeting in the holy city of Mecca Saudi Arabia.

In a joint statement on Saturday, at the end of the summit, the leaders called on countries that have moved their embassies to Jerusalem to rethink their strategy which they said constituted “a serious violation of international law and international legitimacy”.

The OIC also backed Saudi Arabia over escalating tensions with Iran, as King Salman warned that “terrorist” attacks in the Gulf region could imperil global energy supplies.

The meeting was the third international summit to be held in Saudi Arabia since Thursday.