BAKU, Azerbaijan, June 21. Azerbaijan will
take over the chairmanship of the Organization of Islamic
Cooperation (OIC) next year, the country’s foreign minister, Jeyhun
Bayramov, said at the 51st session of the OIC Council of Foreign
Ministers held in Istanbul, Türkiye, Trend reports.
In his speech, Bayramov addressed the political, economic,
humanitarian, environmental, and security challenges emerging
against the backdrop of increasing geopolitical tensions across the
OIC region and the need for cooperation in tackling them, as well
as the regional situation in the post-conflict period.
The minister congratulated the brotherly Türkiye on assuming the
upcoming OIC chairmanship and expressed Azerbaijan’s readiness to
support Türkiye in this role.
It was noted that Azerbaijan perceives its forthcoming OIC
chairmanship in 2026 as a pivotal historical juncture to enhance
cohesion and advancement within the Islamic sphere.
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