Jeddah (UNA-OIC) – Ambassador of Mozambique to Saudi Arabia Faisal Fakir Kassam, who also serves as Mozambique’s Permanent Representative to the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), met on Tuesday with Acting Director-General of the Union of OIC News Agencies (UNA) Mohammed Abd Rabbo Al Yami.
During the meeting, held via video conference, the two sides discussed activating media and training work, as well as providing an explanation of the Union’s vision for the coming years, which revolves around its role as a major media platform for member states, and the advancement of the media industry, based on Islamic and media values that encourage transparency, credibility and tolerance.
The meeting also reviewed the role of the Union in providing strategic media consultancy to member states through representatives of official national news agencies, in addition to the UNA plan to hold a series of training sessions for media professionals during the coming period.
For his part, the Mozambican diplomat appreciated the Union’s role in fostering international media relations between the OIC member states, and enhancing professional links between media workers. He also reiterated his country’s keenness to provide the necessary support to the Union in order to play its role in the media and cultural fields.
