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Azerbaijani FM meets OIC Secretary General

05 June 2012 [09:46] - TODAY.AZ
Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov met with Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, who is on an official visit to Azerbaijan, the Foreign Ministry's press service told Trend on Monday.

The Minister noted the presence of deep relations between Azerbaijan and the OIC, and stressed that Azerbaijan is a part of the Islamic Ummah.

Secretary General of OIC, in turn, stressed the importance of relations between Azerbaijan and the OIC, and spoke about the great and important role of Azerbaijan in the OIC.

During the visit, both sides expressed serious concern about the growing Islamophobia in the world, and emphasized the importance of joint actions to combat this.

The sides also exchanged at the meeting views on issues facing the Islamic world, the role of Azerbaijan in establishing peace and security in the world and Azerbaijan's contribution to the peace process in Afghanistan.

It was noted that there would be discussions on expansion of cooperation between Azerbaijan and OIC in education.


/Trend/
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