Palembang, South Sumatra (ANTARA News) - South Sumatra will host a meeting of the Parliamentary Union of the OIC (Organization of Islamic Cooperation) Member States (PUIC) from January 24 to 30, 2012.

The meeting hopefully could benefit the people of South Sumatra, dr Aidit Aziz of the South Sumatra administration, said here on Tuesday.

The meeting would be organized by the House of Representatives (DPR)`s Inter-parliamentary Cooperation Board (BKSAP), he said.

At least 350 participants from 51 Muslim majority countries would participate in the meeting, he added.

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is expected to officially open the meeting to be held in Palembang.

On the sidelines of their meeting, the PUIC delegates will be entertained to field visits to Palembang Grand Mosque, Admiral Ceng Ho Mosque, and Tangga Buntung traditional woven clothe industry.

Meanwhile, House Speaker Marzuki Alie led an Indonesian delegation to a conference of the Parliamentary Union of OIC Member States (PUIC) in Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in 2010.

The eight-member delegation included Chairman of the DPR`s Inter-parliamentary Cooperation Board (BKSAP) Hidayat Nurwahid and BKSAP Vice Chairman Nurhayati Ali Assegaf, a press statement of the DPR RI said.

The PUIC Executive Committee members in their last meeting in Abu Dhabi in October 2010 had issued an Abu Dhabi Declaration.

In the Declaration, they among other things requested the United Nations to help reach a just and lasting settlement to the Arab - Israeli conflict and the Palestinian Cause.

They also rejected all political and media allegations on linking Islam with terrorism.
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