Baku (UNA) – The third ministerial meeting of anti-corruption law enforcement agencies in the member states of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) opened this morning in the Azerbaijani capital, Baku, with a speech by the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Mr. Ilham Aliyev, delivered on his behalf by the Azerbaijani Prosecutor General, amidst high-level representation including heads and representatives of agencies and bodies concerned with integrity and transparency.
The opening session will include keynote addresses by: Mr. Hamad bin Nasser Al-Misnad, Chairman of the Administrative Control and Transparency Authority of the State of Qatar; Mr. Kamran Aliyev, Prosecutor General of the Republic of Azerbaijan; Mr. Mazen bin Ibrahim Al-Kahmous, Chairman of the Oversight and Anti-Corruption Authority of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; and an opening address by Mr. Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, Secretary General of the Organization.
This meeting comes in the context of the organization’s ongoing efforts to consolidate the values of transparency and implement legislation and best practices in combating corruption, and to embody the provisions of the “Makkah Agreement for Cooperation in the Field of Enforcing Anti-Corruption Laws” which was adopted in the Mauritanian capital Nouakchott in 2023.
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