ISLAMABAD: Secretary General of the Organisation of Islamic Conference (OIC) arrived in Islamabad this morning to attend the 17th extraordinary session of the OIC foreign ministers, starting Dec 19 in the capital city of Pakistan.
Federal State Minister for Information and Broadcasting Farrukh Habib received the OIC Secretary General General Hissein Brahim Taha at the Islamabad International Airport today.
Meanwhile, Saudi delegates also reached Islamabad today to attend an extraordinary session of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Council of Foreign Ministers to discuss the situation in Afghanistan.
Last month Saudi Arabia proposed this moot, following which Pakistan had welcomed the move and offered to host the session.
A delegation comprising Saudi Arabia’s Afghan affairs department head Prince Abdullah bin Khalid bin Saud al-Kabir and Prince Jiluwi bin Turki arrived in Islamabad on Friday morning. The delegates were received by Saudi Ambassador to Pakistan Nawaf bin Said Al Malki and senior officials from the Foreign Office (FO).
Separately, the FO also welcomed Islamic Development Bank (IDB) President Dr Mohammed bin Sulaiman Al Jasser.
Upon reaching Islamabad, the IDB president commended Pakistan bringing OIC countries at one platform for stability in Afghanistan.
He acknowledged Pakistan’s efforts for extending “every possible assistance to Afghanistan”.
All the OIC countries held Pakistan’s contribution in this regard in high esteem, Al Jasser said, adding that the participation of OIC ministers in the upcoming conference was an expression of their resolve for peace in Afghanistan.
