OIC General Secretariat Hosts the First Round of Germany-OIC Bilateral Consultations

27/02/2017 - The first round of Germany-OIC bilateral political consultations was held at the OIC Headquarters today,Monday, 27 February 2017. Ambassador Sabine Sparwasser, Director General for Africa, Asia, Latin America, Near and Middle East and Special Representative of the Federal Government for Afghanistan and Pakistan, and Ambassador Hesham Youssef, Assistant Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs led the German and OIC delegations respectively. Prior to the bilateral consultation, the German delegation had a courtesy meeting with H. E. Dr. Yousef A. Al-Othaimeen, Secretary General of the OIC. Dr. Al-Othaimeen welcomed the delegation and reiterated OIC’s strong interest to engage with Germany to strengthen bilateral cooperation.

Both sides discussed and exchanged views on a wide range of regional and international issues including the developments in the Middle East. The global refugee crisis, humanitarian assistance, terrorism and other issues of mutual interest also figured out during the intense and candid discussions.

The two sides pledged their intent to continue to work jointly in a number of areas, particularly in preventing radicalization,violent extremism and terrorism and promoting science and technology, education and capacity building.

The first round of Germany-OIC bilateral consultation laid the foundation of further collaboration between Germany and OIC in the coming days and will be held annually, alternating between Berlin and Jeddah.

Source: http://www.oic-oci.org/topic/?t_id=13225&t_ref=5786&lan=en