India will work with OIC to build bridges of understanding: Sushma Swaraj

She said the OIC members constitute more than one fourth of the members of the United Nations, and nearly a quarter of the humanity.

India will work with the OIC to build bridge of understanding and reduce barriers across cultures and religions and inspire youth to the path of service than of destruction, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj assured the group of the Islamic countries on Friday.

Swaraj, who is the first Indian minister to address the OIC meeting, said that the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has a huge responsibility and a great opportunity to lift the humanity to a higher level of peace and prosperity.

She said India, which is the world's third largest economy on Purchasing Power Parity and the fastest growing major