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JEDDAH
The OIC has started making preparations for holding the IMUC Conference in the coming months to support peace, security, stability and national reconciliation in Afghanistan. The conference will be held in cooperation with the Afghan Government, High Peace Council and Ulema Council, said the Secretary-General of the Organisation, Dr. Yousef A. Al-Othaimeen, in a speech during a meeting of the International Contact Group on Afghanistan, ICG, hosted by the OIC in Jeddah. The speech was delivered on his behalf by Ambassador TarigBakheit, Director-General of Political Affairs at the OIC.
The meeting was attended by delegates from more than 50 countries and international organisations.
Al Othaimeen noted that the planned Ulema Conference is expected to address the issue of radical and erroneous interpretations of the teachings of religion in order to promote moderate and tolerant peaceful coexistence between all the adherents of different religious schools of thoughts in Afghanistan.
“Today’s meeting attests to the importance the OIC has always attached and continues to accord to the situation in Afghanistan as well as its readiness to maintain its role in helping the country restore peace, security and development,” he added.
