Kuwaiti FM chairs Jeddah's OIC meeting on Saudi diplomatic missoins attack
Date
1/21/2016 4:21:46 AM
(MENAFN- Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) KUWAIT Jan 21 (KUNA) -- First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah left the country Thursday to chair the Organization of Islamic Cooperation's (OIC) Foreign Ministers emergency meeting which will focus on the attacks on the Saudi embassy and consulates in Tehran and Mashhad.The one-day meeting to be held at the OIC headquarters in Jeddah will see the participation of 40 members of the Organization including Iran.Kuwait is the president of the current session of the OIC's Council of Foreign Ministers.The opening session will start with a statement by head of the meeting followed by the OIC Secretary General Iyad Amin Madani and then a closed session will be held.Ambassadors of OIC member states will hold a preparatory meeting prior to the foreign ministers.On January 3 Riyadh severed diplomatic ties with Iran after protestors broke into the Saudi embassy and consulate in the country following the execution of 47 people in Saudi Arabia. (end) jy.nh.ss
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