TURKEY, OIC DISCUSS ISSUES

Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs Ahmet Davutoglu and Secretary General of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC) Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu discussed various regional issues at their meeting held at the new OIC headquarters. Both were accompanied by their respective high-level delegations. After the nearly 90-minute meeting, Davutoglu told reporters that the discussions centred on the issue of bilateral relations between the OIC and Turkey, and ways to develop these relations for the benefit of the causes of the Muslim Ummah and its interests. Discussions also covered the minaret ban in Switzerland and serious developments in Israeli-controlled Palestinian areas and ways to address them, as well as the Turkish state of North Cyprus.