Tashkent, Uzbekistan, Sept. 9
By Demir Azizov – Trend:
Foreign Minister of Uzbekistan Abdulaziz Komilov has received Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Iyad Ameen Madani, who is in Tashkent on a visit.
Komilov thanked the OIC secretary general for the condolences over the death of the first president of Uzbekistan, Islam Karimov, who passed away Sept. 2 at the age of 78 after a stroke.
During the meeting, the sides discussed the preparation for the upcoming 43rd session of the OIC Council of Foreign Ministers under the chairmanship of Uzbekistan.
The sides stressed their mutual interest in the successful holding of the meeting.
The 43rd session of the OIC Council of Foreign Ministers will be held in Tashkent on Oct. 18-19.
The decision on Uzbekistan’s 2016 chairmanship in the organization was made at a meeting of the OIC Council of Foreign Ministers in Kuwait in May 2015.
Uzbekistan became an OIC member in 1996.
The OIC was established in 1969 to ensure Islamic solidarity in social, economic and political spheres. The organization has 57 member states.