(MENAFN- Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) The State of Kuwait has received the presidency of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) member states' group at the United Nations from Saudi Arabia.
Kuwait is keen on serving causes of the Islamic nation "guided by noble teachings of Islam and OIC charter, which would achieve solidarity among its members and secure its common interests in the international arena," said Kuwait's Permanent Delegate at the UN Ambassador Mansour Al-Otaibi in a speech during the handing in meeting, held Monday at the UN Headquarters in New York.
He noted that the idea of openness and tolerance among peoples was a human necessity called for by all faiths, referring to the 42nd OIC foreign ministers' meeting that was hosted by Kuwait last May and resulted in the 'Kuwait Declaration' which stressed on the fact that fighting terrorism and religious extremism would not be achieved through fighting Islam, yet by cooperation and dialogue.
Al-Otaibi hoped that outcomes of the meeting in Kuwait would become a "beacon for our group and means to make us aware of major dangers and challenges faced by our Islamic world, especially the handling of the Palestinian cause".
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