Azerbaijan, Baku, May 30 / Trend, S.Agayeva /
Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu will visit Azerbaijan on June 3-5, Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry spokesman Elman Abdullayev told reporters on Wednesday.
It is expected that Ihsanoglu will hold a series of meetings with the country's officials.
The OIC was founded on Sept.25, 1969 at a conference of the heads of Muslim countries in Rabat to ensure Islamic solidarity in the social, economic and political spheres, the struggle against colonialism, neocolonialism and racism and to support the Palestine Liberation Organization.
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Central African Republic, Russian Federation, as well as the Moro National Liberation Front in the Philippines and several organizations (UN, NAM, etc.) have observer status in the organization. The headquarters of the organization is located in Jeddah (Saudi Arabia).