A meeting for Non-Aligned Movement was cancelled on Sunday as the Zionist entity barred foreign ministers of these countries from entering the West Bank.

A meeting for Non-Aligned Movement was cancelled on Sunday as the Zionist entity barred foreign ministers of these countries from entering the West Bank.

The ministers were to have attended a two-day meeting of the movement's Palestine Committee in Ramallah at which they were poised to sign a declaration in support of a fresh Palestinian bid for upgraded UN membership.

"After consultation between all the delegations in Amman and the Palestinian leadership, the Ramallah meeting of the Palestine Committee of the Non-Aligned Movement has been cancelled," a senior Palestinian official told AFP on condition of anonymity.

The Zionist entity barred ministers from Malaysia, Indonesia, Bangladesh, Cuba and Algeria from travelling to Ramallah.

A senior Israeli official said the ban targeted five countries, which have no diplomatic relations with the occupier entity.
"A decision has been taken to bar the diplomatic representatives of several countries which do not recognize Israel from crossing the Israeli borders," he told AFP, speaking on condition of anonymity.

"The countries in question are Cuba, Algeria, Indonesia, Malaysia and Bangladesh," the official added.

Algeria had earlier informed the Palestinian Authority it would not be sending a delegation in order to avoid friction at the Israeli-controlled frontier.