OIC Executive Committee at the level of Foreign Ministers meets virtually tomorrow

…Effect of COVID-19 Tops agenda
Oru Leonard

Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) will hold an extraordinary meeting of the OIC Executive Committee at the level of Foreign Ministers, as part of its effort to address the issues of COVID-19 pandemic via video conferencing tomorrow April 22.

In a statement released by Md. Tohidul Islam, Senior Information Officer of Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Bangladesh Foreign Minister Dr. A.K. Abdul Momen will participate in the meeting which comes as a part of a series of measures taken and campaign launched by the OIC since the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic.

The meeting is expected to review the effects of the Corona pandemic on Member States’ public health, security and their financial stability.

The current OIC Executive Committee comprises of six member states- Bangladesh, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, The Gambia, United Arab Emirates, and Niger. The meeting will be chaired by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Chair of the 14th Islamic Summit Conference with the presence of Foreign Ministers of these six countries and OIC Secretary General.

The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation founded in 1969 has 57 members, 56 of which are also member states of the United Nations with 47 countries being Muslim majority countries. Some, especially in West Africa, are – though with large Muslim populations – not necessarily Muslim majority countries.

Recall that recently in line with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s directive to engage at regional and global fora to explore collective solutions on the Covid-19 crisis, Bangladesh took the lead to organise a meeting of D8 HSP.