23rd int’l unity confab to conclude Thursday

Tehran, March 3, IRNA – Iran’s Minister of Culture and the Islamic Guidance Mohammad Hosseini will address the closing ceremony of the 23rd International Unity Conference to be wrapped up in Tehran on Thursday evening.

The conference opened in Tehran on the theme of “Islamic Ummah from Variation of Religions to Sectarianism” on March 2.

Almost 500 scientists from various religions in the country as well as 150 scholars from 48 world states have taken part in the international event.

Meanwhile, Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei will receive the conference participants on Thursday Morning.

The countries include France, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Syria, Tunisia, India, China, Azerbaijan, Jordan, Turkey, Qatar, UAE, Lebanon, UK, Indonesia, Afghanistan, US, Sudan, Algeria, Gambia, Egypt, Greece, Sweden, Iraq and Kuwait.

The conference seeks to prepare grounds for solidarity and union in the Islamic world, to create opportunity for exchange of views between the Muslim intellectuals, and to review Muslims’ problems and find solutions for them.

The celebrations featuring the birth anniversary of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) is also to be held during the two-day unity conference./end