By IINA,
Tehran : Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz has sent an invitation to former President of Iran Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, who is also president of Iran’s Expediency Council and Chairman of Council of Experts to attend the International Islamic Dialogue Conference, to be held in Makkah later this month. The invitation was delivered to Rafsanjani during his meeting with Saudi Ambassador to Iran Osama bin Ahmed Al-Sanoussi in Tehran yesterday.
During the meeting, the ambassador said that King Abdullah attached great importance to the participation of Rafsanjani due to his great status in the Muslim world. The ambassador said that King Abdullah attaches great importance to the participation of Rafsanjani due to his great status in the Muslim world. Pinning hopes on the Conference in further bolstering solidarity in the Muslim world, Al Sanoosi explained that the conference is aimed at enhancing cooperation between the Muslim world, on one hand, and its relations with other States, on the other.
On his part, Rafsanjani expressed his appreciation for the invitation, emphasizing the importance of holding such conference in Makkah in view of the current circumstances witnessed by the Muslim world. He said that in light of the participation of scientific and religious figures in the world, it is expected that the three-day event will yield good results in bringing reconciliation and cordial relations in the Muslim world as well as in eliminating tension and disputes between countries especially the Islamic States. Describing the massacres, destruction and the clashes in some Islamic countries, particularly in Iraq and Lebanon, as the key reason behind the increasing rift among Muslims, Rafsanjani hoped that the Makkah Conference could create a better atmosphere for cooperation among the Islamic countries.
Several prominent Islamic religious leaders, scholars, thinkers, and intellectuals as well as officials of Islamic centers and associations and university professors from across the world will take part in the Conference, which will begin in Makkah on May 31. The Makkah-based Muslim World League (MWL) will hold the three day conference.