Islamabad, Mar 24: The two-day meeting of Organisation of Islamic Cooperation’s Council of Foreign Ministers concluded with the adoption of the 70-point Islamabad Declaration by the OIC, Dawn reported on Thursday.
The conference reiterated its support for the Palestinian cause.
OIC Secretary General Hissein Brahim Taha, while speaking at the end of the 48th meeting of the 57-member body, said: Palestine remains high on the agenda of OIC and was discussed thoroughly. All participating ministers reiterated their support for the Palestine cause.
Forty-six countries participated in conference at the ministerial level, while the other countries were represented by senior officials. Nearly 800 delegates attended the meeting hosted by Islamabad, with the Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi was the special guest at the conference. It was the first time in OIC’s history that a Chinese foreign minister attended its foreign ministers’ meeting, indicating Beijing’s expanding role in the Muslim world.
The meeting deliberated upon a wide range of issues including the situation in Palestine and Afghanistan, issues pertaining to Africa and Muslims in Europe and developments in Yemen, Libya, Sudan, Somalia and Syria, Islamophobia, international terrorism and cooperation in economic, cultural, social, humanitarian, and scientific domains.
An Islamabad Declaration containing 70 points was adopted at the meeting by the conference. (UNI)
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