Bangladesh will host 45th Council of Foreign Ministers (CFM) of Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in Dhaka in 2018. The meeting was chaired by the Cote d’Ivoirian Foreign Minister Marcel Amon Tanoh and Bangladesh’s Foreign Minister A H Mahmood Ali was leading the Bangladesh delegation. With this opportunity of hosting CFM, Bangladesh has become a part of the OIC Troika and an influential member of the important 8 member OIC Executive Committee for the next three years. Bangladesh’s Foreign Minister also spoke for Rakhine Muslims by reminding CFM member to support Rakhine Muslims’ repatriation by restoring their rights. Foreign ministers of a large number of member states and Representatives of observer states, various OIC institutions and international organisations attended the Council.

Source: Dhaka Tribune July 12, 2017 07:59 UTC