Arakan News Agency
Bangladesh will host the next OIC foreign ministers’ meeting in the second half of 2018, the foreign ministry said.
The decision was taken at the senior officials meeting preparatory to 44th Session of Council of Foreign Ministers (CFM) of OIC ended on last Tuesday at Jeddah.
A draft resolution was “unanimously” adopted welcoming the bid of Bangladesh for hosting the 45th session of the CFM of the 57-member organisation, the foreign ministry said in a statement.
Foreign Secretary Md Shahidul Haque led Bangladesh side at the senior officials meeting.
The meeting also adopted a number of resolutions, including one on the topic of the Rohingya minority.
Through this resolution the member states expressed their ‘serious concern’ over the situation of Rohingya Muslim population in the Northern Rakhine State of Myanmar.
OIC called for early implementation of recommendations of the Advisory Commission on Northern Arakan State led by Kofi Annan, and also restoration of Citizenship Act of Myanmar to provide opportunity to Muslim minorities there and sustainable repatriation of Rohingyas from Bangladesh to the Northern Arakan State.
The foreign secretary also called on the OIC Secretary-General Dr Yousef A Al-Othaimeen on the sidelines of the meeting.
The secretary general accepted a visit to Bangladesh at his earliest convenience.
