Special Assistant to the Prime Minister’s Visit to the Tashkent, Uzbekistan to attend the 43rd CFM Meeting of OIC, from 18-19 October, 2016

Mr. Tariq Fatemi, Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs will lead the Pakistan delegation to the 43rd Session of the OIC Council of Foreign Ministers (CFM) in Tashkent, on 18-19 October 2016.

The 43rd CFM, to be held under the theme ‘Education and Enlightenment – Path to Peace and Creativity’, will discuss important challenges facing the Muslim Ummah. The meeting will also discuss and adopt resolutions related to political social, educational, humanitarian, economic and legal matters.

Pakistan has always proactively engaged with the OIC on all matters of importance to the Muslim Ummah. The OIC has been providing support to the people of Jammu and Kashmir for realization of their right to self-determination. Recent developments in the region, especially in the Inidan Occupied Kashmir, have afforded increasing significance to our engagements with the OIC.

Mr. Tariq Fatemi will also hold a number of bilateral meetings with the OIC Foreign Ministers.

Islamabad
17 October 2016

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