The Vice Chancellor and Foreign Minister of Austria, Dr. Michael Spindelegger visited here yesterday the Headquarters of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC). The Minister and his accompanying delegation met with senior officials of the OIC. The officials briefed Spindelegger about OIC activities, and called for further enhancement of OIC-Austria and OIC-EU relations. The Austrian Foreign Minister expressed interest in establishing regular dialogue with the OIC and proposed to the OIC to open an office in Vienna. To this end, he invited the OIC Secretary General to pay an official visit to Vienna to discuss issues of mutual interest and to explore opportunities for cooperation between the OIC and Austria.
