Bangladesh: OIC secretary general hospitalised, Bangladesh visit deferred

DHAKA, 27 August 2022, (TON): The scheduled visit of Organisation of Islamic Cooperation secretary general Hissein Brahim Taha has been deferred as he is hospitalised.

A senior official at the ministry of foreign affairs said “he’s hospitalised. Therefore, the visit can’t take place at this time.”

The OIC secretary general was scheduled to arrive at 10:50am on Saturday. Taha was scheduled to meet prime minister Sheikh Hasina.

Taha was elected the new secretary general for a five-year term starting from November 17, 2021.

A national of the Republic of Chad, Taha took his oath of office on being elected secretary general of the OIC at the forty-seventh session of the Council of Foreign Ministers held on November 27-28, 2020 in Niamey, capital of the Republic of Niger.

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