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Friday 26 Feb 2016 - 16:16 Makkah mean time-17-5-1437
OIC chief Iyad Madani (L) during a meeting with Nigerian Presiden Buhari, Makkah, Feb. 25, 2016
Makkah (IINA) – Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari, who is currently on visit to Saudi Arabia, received here on Thursday Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Iyad Ameen Madani and his accompanying delegation.
During the meeting, the Secretary General briefed President Buhari on the ongoing activities and programs of the OIC. He raised a number of issues relating to intra-OIC cooperation as well as the OIC emerging peace and security unit to deal with conflicts in the Muslim world.
Both sides reviewed the overall situation in the Islamic region, particularly in the Lake Chad area, and exchanged views on terrorism and violent extremism. They further stressed the role that could be assumed by the pan-Islamic body in countering this menace through a holistic approach that would address underlying causes of the phenomena of terrorism and violent extremism.
The Secretary General invited President Buhari to participate in the upcoming OIC Extraordinary Summit on Palestine and Jerusalem, to be held in Jakarta on March 6-7 and the OIC Ordinary Summit, scheduled to take place in Istanbul in April.
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