OIC Secretary General to Visit Bangladesh

Jeddah, November 01, SPA -- The Secretary General of the Organization of the
Islamic Conference (OIC), Professor Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, will start a three-day
official visit to Bangladesh on November 03, in response to an invitation of the
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Dr. Dipu Moni.

The Secretary General will hold bilateral meetings with the leadership of
Bangladesh including the President and the Prime Minister and other high ranking
government officials to discuss issues of cooperation and mutual concern between
the OIC and Bangladesh as well as regional and international issues, said an OIC
press release issued here yesterday.

Ihsanoglu will pay a visit to the Islamic Foundation and preside over, along with
the Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina Wazed, the 23rd Convocation
ceremony of the Islamic University of Technology (IUT), which is a subsidiary organ
of the OIC.

On the agenda of his visit, the Secretary General is also expected to visit Dhaka
University and deliver a keynote speech entitled “OIC’s Vision Meeting the
Challenges of the 21st Century” in a seminar which will be organized as part of
Bangladesh's celebration of the OIC 40th Anniversary.
--SPA