JEDDAH – The Organisation of Islamic Conference (OIC) is planning an emergency meeting of foreign ministers of the member states to discuss major issues including the repercussions of the blasphemous cartoons, it was learnt here on Saturday.
Secretary-General Professor Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu is in the process of contacting member states for the purpose.
According to diplomatic sources, he has already spoken to Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud Al Faisal, Yemeni Foreign Minister Abubakar Al Qurbi and Malaysian Foreign Minister Syed Hamid Albar to fix a date for the meeting.
The meeting acquires significance in the light of the continuing protests across the Islamic world over the blasphemous cartoons in a Danish paper and the subsequent reprint in other Western countries.
The diplomats said the meeting would play a big role in defusing the current tension between the Islamic world and the European Union.
