OIC foreign ministers to discuss sacking of Saudi missions in Iran

  JEDDAH – Foreign ministers of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) will hold an emergency meeting in Jeddah next Thursday to discuss the repercussions of the sacking of the Saudi Embassy in Tehran and the Consulate General in Mashhad, the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported.The meeting was requested by Saudi Arabia. OIC Secretary-General Iyad Amin Madani said he received a letter from Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs Adel Al-Jubeir in which he called for the convening of the meeting. The meeting was scheduled for Thursday after a majority of member countries supported it, he added. The ministerial meeting will be preceded by a preparatory meeting of the ambassadors of OIC member countries.