OIC Secretary General arrives in Dhaka

London: Sunday, 09 March 2014, 09:42 AM

Iyad Ameen Madani, Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) arrived in Dhaka on an official visit on Sunday morning.
He arrived here at 7am by a flight of Etihad Airways for the first time on a four-day official visit aiming at strengthening the existing cooperation between OIC and Bangladesh.
Afterwards, he held meeting with Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali and Foreign Secretary Md. Shahidul Haque at the Foreign Ministry.
It is also expected that he will hold meeting with President Abdul Hamid, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Finance Minister AMA Muhith and Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid.
Madani, a former minister of Saudi Arabia, assumed office as the 10th Secretary General of OIC on January 1, this year after his election in the 12th OIC Summit held in Cairo, Egypt in February 2013.