Top Azerbaijani official to attend OIC summit
Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov will attend a summit of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), which began on Tuesday in Egypt, Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday.
Mammadyarov is scheduled to make a speech at the summit, as well as hold bilateral meetings.
The OIC was founded on Sept.25, 1969 at a conference of the heads of Muslim countries in Rabat to ensure Islamic solidarity in the social, economic and political fields, the struggle against colonialism, neocolonialism and racism and to support the Palestine Liberation Organization.
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Central African Republic, Russia, as well as the Moro National Liberation Front in the Philippines and several organizations (UN, NAM, etc.) have observer status in the organization. The headquarters of the organization is located in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.