Foreign Minister Khurshid M. Kasuri will leave for Saudi Arabia on Monday to attend the meeting of the Foreign Ministers of the OIC countries being held there in connection with the extraordinary OIC Summit.
The ministerial meeting on December 6 will finalise the agenda for the third extraordinary OIC Summit to be held in Makkah Al-Mukarramah on December 7 and 8.
President General Pervez Musharraf will head Pakistan's delegation at the Summit.
The Summit will adopt a ten-year Programme of Action to provide a new vision for the Muslim world and reinvigorate the OIC to play a more active role to project the cause of the Muslim Ummah.
It will focus on the position of Ummah in the contemporary world, the challenges posed by globalisation and the need for good governance.
The extraordinary OIC Summit would also consider the issues of Islamic thought, culture and education and the concept of moderation in Islam.
The need to promote cultural exchanges as a way forward to set new priorities and goals for Ummah in the areas of Islamic thought, education and cultural affairs to meet the challenge of modern times will be considered in the Makkah Summit and it will help to project the real essence of Islam to the world and promote dialogue of civilisations.
Foreign Minister Khurshid M. Kasuri is expected to hold bilateral meetings with other Foreign Ministers of OIC countries to discuss issues connected with the summit and to consider ways and means of strengthening bilateral relations with these countries.