WEB DESK
India’s External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj has been invited to deliver an address at the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in Abu Dhabi next month.
This is the first time that a leader of the non-Muslim country has been invited to the OIC conference.
Ms Swaraj will be the Guest of Honour and address the inaugural plenary of the 46th Session of the Council of Foreign Ministers of OIC on the 1st and 2nd of next month.
She will attend the two-day meeting at the invitation by Foreign Minister of the UAE, Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan.
In a statement, the External Affairs Ministry said, New Delhi sees the invitation as a milestone in the comprehensive strategic partnership with the UAE.
It is also a welcome recognition of the presence of 185 million Muslims in India and of India’s contribution to the Islamic world.