Secretary General of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Iyad Ameen Madani, scheduled to reach Dhaka yesterday evening on a four-day official visit, is now supposed to arrive early today.
As per his fresh flight schedule, the OIC secretary general – who will be leading a five-member delegation – is supposed to arrive at 3:50am on an Etihad Airways flight, said Shameem Ahsan, director general (external publicity wing) at the foreign ministry.
The official, however, did not elaborate the reasons behind the flight rescheduling.
This will be Madani’s first visit to Bangladesh after assuming office as the secretary general recently and the purpose of the visit is to strengthen the existing cooperation between the OIC and Bangladesh, according to the foreign ministry.
He is scheduled to meet Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban at 6:30pm today, after holding meetings with Finance Minister AMA Muhith, Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali and Foreign Secretary M Shahidul Haque at the secretariat and foreign ministry respectively, according to a foreign ministry media release.
