NEW DELHI: India, for the first time, has received an invite as the “guest of honour” to the upcoming foreign ministers’ conclave of Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), according to the Indian Ministry of External Affairs (MEA).
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj is set to attend the OIC meeting in Abu Dhabi, capital city of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), on March 1, NDTV reported.
The two-day session will see the participation of 56 member states and five observer states. The MEA, on receiving the invitation, called it “a welcome recognition by OIC.”
According to a statement issued by the UAE, foreign ministers will discuss a range of issues regarding peace and stability in the Muslim world.
“The friendly country of India has been named as the guest of honour in view of its great global political stature as well as its time-honoured and deeply rooted cultural and historical legacy, and its important Islamic component,” the communique read.
It is the first time that India has been invited to a meeting of the OIC as a guest of honour, reported Press Trust of India.
