Arrival of Araghchi in Baghdad

Iran's Foreign Minister arrived in Baghdad this morning at the head of a delegation to participate in the 52nd meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation.

According to Ambassador Arjan, Seyyed Abbas Araghchi, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran, arrived in Baghdad this morning (Saturday), October 25, at the head of a diplomatic delegation to participate in the 52nd meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), welcomed by the Deputy Foreign Minister of Iraq.

Araghchi also paid his respects to the Shamkh of the Martyrs upon his arrival in Baghdad by attending the memorial site of Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani and Abu Mahdi Al-Muhandis.

In addition to attending the meeting and explaining the positions of the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Iran will also have bilateral meetings with a number of ministers participating in the said meeting.

The fifty-second meeting of the Council of Ministers of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation will be held in Baghdad on Saturday and Sunday with the theme of "dialogue and solidarity as two essential pillars for promoting peace and sustainable development".

Ismail Baqaei, the spokesman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, announced this trip earlier and said that the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran will travel to Iraq to participate in the annual meeting of the Foreign Ministers of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation on Saturday and Sunday (October 26 and 25).

Baghdad is hosting the 52nd meeting of foreign ministers of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) on Saturday and Sunday. After about 45 years, Iraq is once again hosting the meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation.

The 51st meeting of the foreign ministers of the countries was held in Istanbul on June 31, 1404, and Seyed Abbas Araghchi, the minister of foreign affairs, was also present at that meeting.