Minister to attend OIC meeting

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