Organisation of Islamic Cooperation
The Collective Voice of The Muslim World
Date: 26/11/2017
The Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), H.E. Dr. Yousef A. Al-Othaimeen took part in the proceedings of the first meeting of the ministerial meeting of the Islamic Military Coalition Against Terrorism which was hosted in Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, on 26 November 2017, under the theme of “Allied Against Terrorism”.
The Secretary General hailed the results achieved by the meeting which was inaugurated by H.R.H. Crown Prince Mohamed Bin Salman Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Chairman of the meeting. The Secretary General also lauded the substance of the overall strategy of the coalition and the governmental mechanisms regulating its future operations, activities and undertakings in the war on terrorism. He further noted that this strategy has laid out the broad-lines of the battle against terrorism and extremism by all means and in all fields: intellectual, media, military and financial, to uproot terrorism and drain its funding sources.
The Secretary General reaffirmed that OIC stood firmly in support of all measures the Coalition may take in its war on terror and in its drive to root out this scourge and eliminate its causes. The Secretary General also expressed his full confidence in the success of the Islamic Coalition in its future tasks and initiatives particularly with its action being led by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, which has earned the trust of the Islamic world and achieved a high standing in the international aren.
