Foreign Adviser leaves Dhaka to join OIC meeting

Foreign Affairs Adviser Md Touhid Hossain has left Dhaka for Saudi Arabia on Thursday (March 6) noon to attend a special session of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in Jeddah.

Kamrul Islam Bhuiyan, Public Relations Officer of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, confirmed the information.

The session of the OIC Council of Foreign Ministers will be held on Friday, he said.

The session is expected to discuss the progress of the ceasefire in Gaza, as well as address concerns over the proposed annexation of Gaza that would result in the forced resettlement of the Palestinian people from their homeland.

Touhid Hossain is expected to return home on March 8.