Foreign Minister Abdulla Shahid has today departed to Niamey, Republic of Niger, to attend the 47th Session of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) which will be held from 27-28 November 2020.
The meeting this year, is held under the theme “United against Terrorism for Peace and Development”.
The Ministry said that during his participation at the OIC Council of Foreign Ministers Meeting, Minister Shahid will deliver a national statement briefing the Member States on the COVID-19 situation in the Maldives along with Government policies implemented to mitigate the effects of the pandemic.
He will also outline the Maldives’ perspective on key issues affecting the Muslim Ummah and call for greater Islamic solidarity in times of crisis. In addition, he will also conduct a number of bilateral meetings with his counterparts in the OIC.
Minister Shahid is accompanied by His Excellency Mohamed Khaleel, Ambassador of the Republic of Maldives to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Permanent Representative of the Republic of Maldives to the OIC, and Mr. Ahmed Salman Zaki, Assistant Director at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The Council of Foreign Ministers of the OIC, which meets once a year, considers the implementation of the general policy of the Organization by adopting decisions and resolutions on matters of mutual interest; and reviews the progress of the implementation of the decisions and resolutions adopted during the previous Islamic Summits and Councils of Foreign Ministers Meetings. The decisions of the Council of Foreign Ministers are implemented by the General Secretariat of the OIC.
The Maldives became a member of the OIC in 1976, and since then has actively participated in the activities and meetings of the Organization. The OIC has 57 Member States, comprising mainly of Muslim majority countries.
