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PM in Turkey

By our correspondents
December 13, 2017

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi left on Tuesday evening for Istanbul to attend the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) special summit on Al-Quds Al-Sharif. Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif, Foreign Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif and Foreign Secretary Ms. Tehmina Janjua are accompanying him.

High-ranking officials from 48 Muslim countries including 18 Presidents and Premiers will attend the summit. The Presidents from Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Palestine, Guinea, Iran, Qatar, Kuwait, Libya, Lebanon, Somalia, Togo, Jordan and Yemen as well as the premiers from Djibouti, Malaysia and Pakistan will attend the extraordinary summit. The Comoros has sent the secretary of state in charge of cooperation with the Arab world, while Oman will be represented by its deputy Prime Minister.