The Organization of Islamic Cooperation meeting is taking place in Pakistan

On March 22, the next meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) began under the chairmanship of Pakistan.

On March 22 and 23, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) is holding its 48th meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers on the theme “Creating Partnerships for Unity, Justice, and Development” in Islamabad, Islamic Republic of Pakistan. This is reported by the press service of the organization.

The meeting was opened by the Prime Minister of Pakistan, Imran Khan. The meeting is chaired by the Foreign Minister of Pakistan, Mahmood Qureshi.

Tajikistan is represented at the meeting by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Tajikistan, Sirojiddin Muhriddin.

Important issues for the Islamic world will be discussed at the meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, including the situation in Afghanistan, Yemen, and Palestine, as well as several issues concerning Africa, particularly the situation in the Republic of Mali, the Sahel region and Lake Chad, instability in this region, as well as in Central Africa and the Republic of Guinea. At the Arab level, the foreign ministers will discuss events in Yemen, Libya, the Republic of Sudan, Somalia, Syria, and other regions.

At the annual meeting, issues of cooperation with international partners, the United Nations, the Russian Federation, and the European Union will also be discussed. In the sidelines of the session, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation will hold a meeting on Muslims in Europe.

The Organization of Islamic Cooperation, founded on September 25, 1969, at a conference of Muslim state leaders in Rabat, is the largest and most influential official governmental Muslim international organization. It currently unites 57 countries with a population of about 1.5 billion people.