Organisation of Islamic Cooperation
The Collective Voice of The Muslim World
Date: 22/03/2018
Dr. Youssef Al Othaimeen, Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), met on 22snd March 2018, in Riyadh, with the UN Envoy on Yemen, Mr. Martin Griffith.
The OIC Secretary General offered his congratulations to Mr. Griffith on the assumption of his new functions as UN Envoy on Yemen and assured him of the OIC’s full support to his efforts in favor of evolving a permanent political solution to the Yemeni crisis in accordance with the GCC initiative and its executive mechanisms, the Yemeni national dialogue, and the relevant UN Security Council’s resolutions.
Al-Othaimeen stressed the OIC’s dedicated commitment in support of Yemen’s unity, sovereignty, territorial integrity, stability and security.
The two parties exchanged views on the political and humanitarian situation in Yemen. On his part, Mr. Griffith expressed his pleasure at receiving the OIC Secretary General, this being, as he noted, his first meeting with an official dignitary representing an international organization since he took office as the UN Envoy on Yemen. At the end of the meeting, the two parties laid emphasis on the importance of coordination and consultations and active participation between the OIC General Secretariat and the UN Envoy’s Office on Yemen towards attaining a political solution to the Yemeni crisis.
Related: Yemen
