On May 10, 2018 German delegation headed by Andreas Auer was received by Ibrohim Inomov, Deputy Chairman and other employees of Muslim Board of Uzbekistan. In his opening speech he shared with the positive developments in religious sphere in Uzbekistan and talked how the government jointly with Muslim Board of Uzbekistan had been tackling the issue of radicalization of young people by means of preventive means which include intensive enlightenment works, meetings at educational establishments, online lessons and others.
In its turn Andreas Auer, the head of German delegation highly evaluated the positive development in Uzbekistan in all spheres including in religious one. He noted that it was pleasant to mention that German side was also bringing its more or less share into these positive improvements in Uzbekistan. He also noted that the organization was going to implement a number of projects in religious sphere jointly with German state university.
The meeting ended in friendship tone and guests expressed gratitude for warm reception.
Press Service,
Muslim Board of Uzbekistan
At an extraordinary meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) held yesterday in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, former Mauritanian Foreign Minister Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed was elected as the organisation’s new Secretary-General, reports Dunyo IA correspondent.
According to the Turkish news agency “Anadolu”, 66-year-old Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed will succeed Chadian diplomat Hussein Ibrahim Taha, who served as OIC Secretary-General from 2021 to 2026.
The newly elected Secretary-General served as the United Nations Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for Yemen from 2015 to 2018.