The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has called an urgent virtual foreign ministerial level meeting of its executive committee to discuss the ongoing global crisis due to coronavirus pandemic. Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen will participate in the meeting as Bangladesh is an EC member of the 57 member states grouping of Muslim countries.
The meeting will be held on Wednesday, the foreign ministry said. The other five members of the executive committee are: Turkey, Saudi Arabia, The Gambia, United Arab Emirates, and Niger. The meeting comes as a part of a series of measures taken and campaign launched by the OIC since the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic.
The meeting is expected to review the effects of the coronavirus pandemic on member states’ public health, security and their financial stability, the foreign ministry said. Saudi Arabia will chair the meeting as the Chair of the 14th Islamic Summit Conference with the presence of OIC Secretary General.
