Saudi Arabia signs agreement on fighting international terrorism

The general secretariat of the Organization of the Islamic Conference announced that Saudi Arabia on Sunday signed the OIC treaty to fight international terrorism, making Saudi Arabia the first OIC member state to sign this treaty.

In a statement, the OIC general secretariat made it clear that the Saudi deputy foreign minister, Nizar Obeid Madani, signed the treaty on behalf of the Saudi foreign minister at the premises of the organization in Jeddah. The signing ceremony was attended by OIC Secretary General Azzedine Laraki.

The foreign ministers of the OIC had ratified the text of the treaty during the meeting of their 26th session which was held in Burkina Faso in 1999.