OIC Foreign Ministers Meeting Starts In Islamabad As Pakistan Hosts 48th Session

KUALA LUMPUR, March 22 (Bernama) -- The inaugural session of the two-day meeting of the Council of the Foreign Ministers of Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) commenced in Islamabad on Tuesday as Pakistan is hosting its 48th session. According to Union of OIC News Agencies (UNA-OIC)'s report, Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan joined the gathering of the foreign ministers of the Muslim world at the session held at the Parliament House. Hassoumi Massoudou, Foreign Minister of the Republic of Niger and also the Chair of the 47th session of the OIC Council of Foreign Ministers in his speech focused on the objectives of OIC and emphasised the need for collaborated efforts to address the common challenges. The report said he handed over the Chair of the 48th session of the OIC-Council of Foreign Ministers (CFM) to Pakistan represented by Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi. Foreign ministers of Saudi Arabia Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al-Saud, Secretary-General OIC Hissein Brahim Taha, President Islamic Development Bank Dr Muhammad Suleiman Al-Jasser, Chinese State Councilor, and foreign minister Wangi Yi will address the session. More than 100 resolutions will be considered during the two-day session, the report added. The meeting will also discuss developments in Afghanistan and its humanitarian consequences for the Afghan people and the situation in Jammu and Kashmir, it added. Many African issues will also be on the meeting’s agenda, including the situation in Mali, the Sahel region, and Lake Chad, and the situation in Central Africa and the Republic of Guinea. The OIC foreign ministers will also discuss developments in Yemen, Libya, Sudan, Somalia, Syria, and other regions. -- BERNAMA