DIPLOMATIC
CORRESPONDENT
4 May, 2017
A meeting of the
senior officials of the countries belonging to the Organisation of Islamic
Cooperation (OIC) in Jeddah adopted a resolution expressing ‘serious concern’
over the situation of Rohingya Muslim population in the Northern Rakhine State
of Myanmar.
In the resolution
adopted on Tuesday, a foreign ministry press release said yesterday that the
57-member OIC called for early implementation of recommendations of the
Advisory Commission on Northern Rakhine State led by Kofi Annan, and also
restoration of Citizenship Act of Myanmar to provide opportunity to Muslim
minorities there and sustainable repatriation of Rohingyas from Bangladesh to
the Northern Rakhine State.
The senior officials
meeting preparatory to 44th Session of Council of Foreign Ministers (CFM) of
OIC, which ended on Tuesday, adopted the resolution along with a number of
resolutions.
Foreign Secretary
Shahidul Haque represented Bangladesh in the meeting.
The meeting decided
on many important issues of Muslim Ummah for betterment of lives of Muslim
Ummah in the OIC member states.
A draft resolution
was unanimously adopted welcoming the bid of Bangladesh for hosting the 45th
session of the (CFM) of the 57-member organisation which will take place in
Dhaka in the second quarter of 2018.
After the
inauguration of the meeting, the foreign secretary called on OIC
Secretary-General Dr Yousef A Al-Othaimeen on the sidelines of the meeting. The
secretary general accepted the invitation of Bangladesh to visit the country at
the earliest.
Also read here: OIC for sustainable repatriation of
Rohingyas from Bangladesh: http://www.newagebd.net/print/article/14850