TEHRAN -- Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance spokesman Hossein Nushabadi has said that the 10th Islamic Conference of Information Ministers (ICIM) will be a turning point in enlightenment.
The conference could also reinforce cultural interactions and public diplomacy, he told the Persian service of IRNA on Sunday.
“The Islamic Republic of Iran as a country, which has a key role in cultural interactions and public diplomacy in the Islamic world, will be playing host to the tenth edition of the conference,” he added.
“Stressing the affinities among the Islamic nations and avoiding the differences made by the enemies should be at the top of the agenda for the conference,” he stated.
“We should try to enlighten the Islamic ummah, because the enemies are trying to cause deviation from the Islamic awakening by forming terrorist groups like the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL),” he noted.
The 10th Islamic Conference of Information Ministers (ICIM), which is annually organized by the state members of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, will open at Tehran’s Azadi Hotel today and will run until December 3.
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