Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has arrived in Niger to represent Pakistan at the OIC Council of Foreign Ministers’ meeting beginning on Friday.

The Foreign Minister and President Azad Kashmir Sardar Masood Khan will address the meeting and apprise the participants about the grave human rights situation in Indian Illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir.

The Foreign Minister will also highlight rising incidents of Islamophobia and hate speech against Muslims and emphasize the need for unity of the Islamic world to combat the scourge of Islamophobia and promote inter-faith harmony.

On the sidelines, the Foreign Minister will hold bilateral meetings with his counterparts and heads of delegations of member states.