His Majesty And HRH Prince Mohammed Leaves For OIC Summit

Kuala Lumpur – His Majesty Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah, Sultan Brunei arrived in Kuala Lumpur yesterday.

Accompanying His Majesty was His Royal Highness Prince Mohammed Bolkiah, the Minister of Foreign Affairs.

Present at Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah Airport, Subang to greet His Majesty was Senator Datuk Tengku Adnan Bin Tengku Mansor, Minister in the Prime Minister's Office of Malaysia and other senior officials of the Malaysian government.

Also present at the airport was Dato Haji Abdullah Bin Haji Mohamad Jaafar, Brunei’s High Commissioner to Malaysia.

His Majesty will deliver a statement during the general debate at the summit.

His Majesty will also attend several bilateral meetings with OIC leaders during the summit.

More than 30 heads of states/government of the OIC will attend the 10th Session of the Islamic Summit Conference of the Organisation of Islamic Conference (OIC).

The two-day summit begins on Thursday.

The theme for the summit is "Knowledge and morality and the unity and dignity for the progress of the Ummah."

The theme was chosen to show the important aspect of knowledge in the development of the Islamic Ummah.

During the summit, the OIC leaders are expected to discuss regional and international political issues including the post-war Iraq, the Palestinian problem and the recent air strike in Syria.

The leaders will also discuss the issue of reform of the OIC and consider the reports from the three main committees namely the economic and commercial cooperation, scientific and technical cooperation and information and cultural affairs.

At the end of the summit, the OIC leaders are expected to endorse and adopt the final communiqué and the Putrajaya Declaration on knowledge and morality and unity and dignity for the progress of Ummah.

The organisation, established on September 25, 1969 in Rabat, Morocco, is a grouping of 57 Islamic countries.

Brunei became a member of OIC on January 15, 1984 at the Fourth Islamic Summit conference in Rabat, Morocco.

His Majesty left Brunei for Kuala Lumpur yesterday afternoon.

Before departure, Doa Selamat was read by the State Mufti, Pehin Dato Ustaz Haji Awang Abdul Aziz.

With His Majesty was His Royal Highness Prince Mohammed Bolkiah, Minister of Foreign Affairs.

Present at the airport to bid farewell were His Royal Highness Prince Haji Al-Muthadee Billah, the Crown Prince, His Royal Highness Prince Haji Jefri Bolkiah and His Royal Highness Prince Abdul Mateen.

Also present at the airport were pengirans cheteria, cabinet ministers, deputy ministers and senior government officers. -- Courtesy of Radio Television Brunei

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