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| Big OIC confab in Damascus starts Saturday | |
| 2009-05-22 | |
The three-day session, titled "Towards Bolstering Islamic Solidarity," gains additional significance as it coincides with delicate conditions in the Muslim world, the senior diplomat said in an interview with the Syrian TV station. President Bashar al-Assad will delivers a keynote speech at the opening session of the conference, he noted. The conference will provide an opportunity for the foreign ministers of 57 Islamic countries and representatives of some observer countries to discuss a wide-range of political, economic and social issues of common interest for the Muslim nation, Al-Miqdad pointed out. On top of the agenda of the event are the Arab-Israeli conflict, the continuous Israeli violations in Jerusalem, the current situation of the peace process in the Middle East, and the situations in the occupied Syrian Golan Heights and the Palestinian territories. The ministers will also discuss the situations in Iraq, Somalia and Sudan, the UN reforms, and the future role of the OIC in peacemaking and resolving the disputes among its member countries, he revealed. In addition, the conferees will review the issues of Islamophobia and discrimination against Muslims in foreign countries, the OIC-conceived ten-year development program and the Damascus Declaration and explore the ways to enhance economic cooperation among their countries. | |
| Posted by:Seafarious |
| #1 The three-day session, titled "Towards Bolstering Islamic Solidarity," gains additional significance as it coincides with delicate conditions in the Muslim world... Well, at least I'll bet the banquets were awesome... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2009-05-22 12:02 |