The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has agreed to suspend Syria from the body, according to an OIC source.
The source told Reuters that foreign ministers agreed to the suspension at a meeting in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on Monday.
"The session just ended. The ministers adopted the resolutions, including the suspension of Syria," the source told Reuters.
Iran opposed the suspension from the 57-member body.
"By suspending membership, this does not mean that you are moving toward resolving an issue. This means that you are erasing the issue. We want to really resolve the issue," Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi told reporters before the meeting.
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