UNB, Dhaka :
Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Iyad Ameen Madani arrives here on Saturday on a four-day official visit, aiming to strengthen the existing cooperation between the OIC and Bangladesh.
The Secretary General will lead a five-member
delegation on his first visit to Bangladesh after taking office as the Secretary General recently, said an official on Friday.
During the visit, the Secretary General will hold meetings with Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali and Foreign Secretary M Shahidul Haque at the Foreign Ministry on Sunday.
He is also expected to meet President Abdul Hamid, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Finance Minister AMA Muhith, Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid apart from visiting some institutions, according to a foreign ministry media note.
Madani, a former minister of Saudi Arabia, assumed office as the 10th Secretary General of OIC on January 1, this year after his election in the 12th OIC Summit held in Cairo, Egypt in February 2013.
Bangladesh is among the first few countries that the Secretary General decided to visit after taking over charge as the OIC General Secretariat.
The OIC is the second largest international organization, after the UN family, which groups 57 Muslim-majority countries spread over four continents.
