Editing Foreign relations of Bangladesh (section)

===Organisation of Islamic Cooperation===

{{main|OIC}} ''See also'' [[Pakistan-OIC relations#OIC role in Pakistan-Bangladesh relationship|OIC role in Pakistan-Bangladesh relationship]]

In 1974, then Prime Minister [[Sheikh Mujibur Rahman]], led a Bangladeshi delegation team consisting of [[Kamal Hossain]], [[Enayet Karim]], [[Ataur Rahman Khan]], [[Taheruddin Thakur]], [[Tofail Ahmed]], and [[Shah Azizur Rahman]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://farm2.staticflickr.com/1326/809299487_08b698b0c9_z.jpg|title=Sheikh Mujibur Rahman with Shah Azizur Rahman to his right at Lahore|access-date=8 May 2013|archive-date=25 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140225214236/http://farm2.staticflickr.com/1326/809299487_08b698b0c9_z.jpg|url-status=dead}}</ref> to the international meeting of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC, now the [[Organisation of Islamic Cooperation]]) held in [[Lahore]]. Following this, Bangladesh was admitted as a member of OIC. In 1977, President [[Ziaur Rahman]] amended the [[Constitution of Bangladesh]], including a clause stating that "the state shall endeavour to consolidate, preserve and strengthen fraternal relations among Muslim countries based on Islamic solidarity".<ref>{{cite book |last=Ahamed |first=Emajuddin |year=2012 |chapter=Rahman, Shahid Ziaur |chapter-url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Rahman,_Shahid_Ziaur |editor1-last=Islam |editor1-first=Sirajul |editor1-link=Sirajul Islam |editor2-last=Jamal |editor2-first=Ahmed A. |title=Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh |edition=Second |publisher=[[Asiatic Society of Bangladesh]]}}</ref> Since then, an explicit goal of Bangladeshi foreign policy has been to seek close relations with other Islamic states. In 1980, President Ziaur Rahman was included in a 3-member "Al-Quds" summit committee to attend the summit in Morocco.<ref>{{cite news |date=6 November 1980 |title=Rahman Heads for Islamic Summit |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ftxbAAAAIBAJ&pg=6329,1866786&dq=ziaur+rahman&hl=en |newspaper=St. Joseph News-Press |via=Google News |access-date=20 February 2015}}</ref> In 1983, Bangladesh hosted the assembled foreign ministers of the OIC in Dhaka. At the OIC headquarters in [[Jeddah]], Bangladesh is represented in the capacity of one of the Director Generals.