Jeddah, September 10, SPA -- The Secretary General of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC), Professor Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, has received Khairat Lama Sharif, the Ambassador of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. During the meeting held on September 08, 2008, they discussed preparations in the run up to the Forum of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Islamic Countries to be held in Astana, Kazakhstan, on October 17, 2008, under the title 'One Common World: Progress through Diversity'. Discussions touched upon the role of the OIC in and its contribution to the success of the Forum. --MORE www.spa.gov.sa/588906