April 16, 2016

Bangladesh wants OIC initiative to settle internal differences of member states

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, in her speech read at the OIC summit in Istanbul by the foreign minister, said unity was needed to pursue the “great Islamic values of fraternity, justice and inclusion”.

Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali led the Bangladesh delegation at the 13th summit of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), the foreign ministry said.

The two-day summit ended on Friday.

Around 30 Heads of States and governments and foreign ministers of over 20 countries joined the meet, themed on “Unity and Solidarity for Justice and Peace” in the context of the current volatile conditions in the Muslim world.

Internal conflicts and fratricidal civil wars, sectarianism, terrorism and violent extremism, Islamophobia, humanitarian and natural disasters, regression of the Muslim society, problem of Palestine, poverty, issues of development and an OIC ten year Programme of Action were discussed at the summit. (Courtesy of bdnews24.com)

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