Tashkent, Uzbekistan, Oct. 17
By Demir Azizov– Trend:
Abdulaziz Kamilov, Uzbek foreign minister, and Iyad Ameen Madani, secretary general of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), who is on a visit to Tashkent, discussed the issues related to the 43rd session of the OIC Council of Foreign Ministers October 17.
The session will kick off October 18 as part of Uzbekistan's chairmanship in the OIC Council of Foreign Ministers.
The two sides exchanged views on the agenda and other practical aspects of the ministerial meeting and confirmed the interest in successful holding of the upcoming forum.
The meeting participants will discuss the maintenance of the interstate dialogue, making joint efforts to combat terrorism, separatism and extremism, as well as intensifying cooperation in political, economic, scientific, educational and cultural spheres.
More than 100 resolutions are planned to be adopted during the meeting.
The Tashkent Declaration, which will reflect the political, economic, cultural and humanitarian issues, which are on the OIC agenda, as well as the priorities of Uzbekistan’s forthcoming chairmanship in the OIC, must be the main outcome document.
The OIC was established in 1969 to ensure Islamic solidarity in social, economic and political spheres. The organization has 57 member states.
Uzbekistan became an OIC member in 1996.