OIC Secy Gen due tomorrow

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UNB, Dhaka :Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Iyad Ameen Madani arrives here on a two-day visit on Wednesday.Madani is expected to discuss matters relating to the next meeting of OIC Council of Foreign Ministers, said a diplomatic source.The OIC Secretary General is likely to meet Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali.The Secretary General was invited by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to visit Bangladesh at a mutually convenient time during her visit to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on June 4.The Prime Minister and the Secretary General had useful and extensive exchange of views on promoting bilateral cooperation between the OIC and Bangladesh at that time.Their discussion also touched upon other issues of mutual interests, including women empowerment, microfinance, promotion of intra OIC trade and economic activities, situations of Rohingya Muslims and networking with NGOs and civil society organisations in member states.Madani took office as the tenth Secretary General of the OIC on January 1, 2014.

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