Iran Officially Receives PUIC Presidency

Tehran, Feb 18, IRNA – Rotating presidency of the Parliamentary Union of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Member States (PUIC) was officially handed over to Iran from Sudan on Tuesday. As the 9th Session of the PUIC started work in the Iranian capital this morning, the union presidency was submitted to the Iranian Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani by his Sudanese counterpart Al-Fateh Ezzedin. Some 28 parliament speakers as well as parliamentary delegations from the member countries are attending the PUIC gathering. Niger and Tunisia, as representatives of African and Arab states, respectively will act as vice-presidents of the union for a year. PUIC, having 53 members, was established in 1999 with the objective of strengthening parliamentary relations among the member states./end