Minister to attend OIC meeting

JAKARTA: Minister of Foreign Affairs Hasan Wirayuda is scheduled to attend a ministerial meeting of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) in Tehran, Iran, from May 28 to May 30.

Foreign Ministry Spokesman Marty Natalegawa said here on Tuesday that the ministerial meeting will discuss issues related to post-war Iraq, Palestine, and Muslim movements in the southern Philippines, Jammu and Kashmir, as well as the reconstruction of Afghanistan.

The meeting is convened in preparation for the 10th OIC Summit in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from Oct. 16 to Oct. 18.

Minister Wirayuda, according to Marty, is also scheduled to hold bilateral talks with his counterparts from the Philippines, Malaysia, Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Iran.

Marty emphasized that the OIC's establishment at its first summit in Rabat, Morocco on Sept. 25, 1969 had been the starting point for the promotion of political, economic, social, cultural and scientific cooperation, and the protection of the interests of Muslim countries all over the world.

Indonesia is the world's biggest Muslim country. --Antara