Tehran, April 18: Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi has called for an emergency meeting of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) to discuss the sweeping developments in the region.
“Iran volunteers to hold a summit of Islamic countries. In a letter to the OIC Secretary General (Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu), we called for an emergency meeting to discuss regional events,” ISNA quoted Salehi as speaking to reporters in the northwestern Iranian city of Orumiyeh on Sunday.
He further pointed out that the OIC would hold an emergency meeting at the request of a specific number of countries.
“The OIC meeting will be arranged at a time that other countries will also come to the scene,” the top Iranian diplomat added.
In recent months, a wave of revolutions and anti-government uprisings has been sweeping the Arab world.
In January, a revolution in Tunisia ended the 23-year ruling of former President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali.
In February, another Arab revolution led to the ouster of former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak after three decades of his authoritarian rule.
Other revolutions are erupting in Libya, Yemen and Bahrain, while other anti-government unrests have swept Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Oman, Kuwait and Algeria.
Meanwhile, more Arab countries are expected to witness similar revolts.
——–Agencies