Federal parliamentary delegation heads to Iran

 From goobjoog :

Some members of Somalia federal parliamentarians are in Tehran, capital city of Iran to participate in the 9th inter parliamentary union for organization of Islamic cooperation (OIC). The inter parliament union (IPU), was founded with the membership of some 52 Islamic parliaments established for close cooperation with 22 international organization.

As reported over 25 parliament speakers, 10 vice-speakers, and 50 parliamentary delegations are to participate in the 9th Meeting of the Organization of the Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Inter-Parliamentary Union in Tehran.

The first three days of the meeting is to be held at the level of experts and the Muslim world parliament speakers will take part in the event in the last two days.

Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameron, Chad, Ivory Coast, Djibouti, Gabon, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Indonesia, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Lebanon, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Morocco, Mozambique, Niger, Oman, Pakistan , Palestine, Senegal, Syria, Tajikistan, Togo, Turkey, Yemen, Algeria, Comoros, Iraq, Kuwait, Qatar, Uganda, the UAE, Sudan, Somalia, Kyrgyzstan and Libya are the countries which have so far confirmed their presence in the OIC parliamentary.

  

The Organization of Islamic Cooperation, formerly Organization of the Islamic Conference, was established in 1969 and has 57 members. The organization aims to promote dialogue between Islamic countries and the rest of the world and also protect the interests of Muslims when necessary. The OIC Parliamentary Union has 53 members.