Organisation of Islamic Cooperation
The Collective Voice of The Muslim World
Date: 15/12/2012
Mr Abdelilah Benkirane, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Morocco, received at the headquarters of the prime ministry in Rabat on 13 December 2012 Secretary General of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Professor Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu.
The meeting reviewed areas of joint Islamic action and the role of the OIC in developing it and expanding its scope by implementing the Ten-Year Programme of Action adopted by the 2005 Makkah Summit. The Prime Minister praised the effective role the OIC is now playing in the international scene to support the just causes of Muslims, chiefly the cause of Palestine and the Jerusalem.
Prime Minister Benkirane expressed the determination of the Kingdom of Morocco, a founding member state of the OIC to continue to support the Organisation and all its activities.
For his part, the Secretary General commended the Moroccan experiment in democratic transformation thanks to the wise and clear-sighted leadership of the His Majesty King Mohamed VI which anchored the interplay of security, stability and openness on the necessity of participation and reform through a democratically-elected government.
`The Secretary General also held a press symposium on 14 December 2012 which was attended by an important group representing the Moroccan and international press.
The Secretary General visited the Islamic Centre for the Development of Trade, where he followed a presentation on the programmes and activities of the Centre and gave directives for intra-trade among OIC member states to be developed.
