Ukraine wants to obtain observer status in Organization of Islamic Cooperation

Ukrainian diplomats have raised the issue of Ukraine's obtaining observer status in the Organization of Islamic Cooperation during political consultations held between the foreign ministries of Ukraine and Tunisia, the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry's press service has reported.

According to the report, the consultations were held at the level of heads of structural units.

The parties discussed practical steps to intensify the development of Ukrainian-Tunisian cooperation in the political, trade, investment and educational spheres, the report said.

"The Ukrainian delegation expressed hope that Tunisia would support Ukrainian initiatives at the UN. A separate topic of the consultations was our state's obtaining observer status in the Organization of Islamic Cooperation," the report reads.

Representatives of Ukraine and Tunisia also discussed preparations for the fourth meeting of the Ukrainian-Tunisian intergovernmental commission on trade, economic and technical cooperation. The parties agreed to hold consultations in the first quarter of 2021 in the format of a videoconference at the level of the secretariats of the national units of the said commission.

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