Preparatory Meetings for the 12th Islamic Summit Begins

Preparatory meetings for the Twelfth Session of the Islamic Summit Conference began yesterday, Saturday, February 2, 2013 in Cairo with the holding of the Senior Officials meeting ahead of the Foreign Ministers meeting and the Summit of the Member States of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) during the next few days.

Following the opening statement of the Ambassador of Senegal in Riyadh, representing the chairman of the Eleventh Session of the Islamic Summit, the Assistant Secretary General for Political Affairs of the OIC, Ambassador Abdullah Alim, on behalf of the OIC Secretary General Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, welcomed the participants and congratulated Egypt’s government and people on the occasion of the second anniversary of the January 25 revolution. ASG Amb. Alim said that Egypt is capable of overcoming all the current challenges and move forward with confidence towards achieving stability, security and sustainable development.
ASG Amb. Alim added, “we look forward today with great appreciation to the chairmanship of Egypt, which the Muslim world has high expectations of towards more active joint Islamic solidarity.” He expressed high appreciation to the efforts exerted by Egypt in organizing this important conference.
Egypt was elected chair for the Bureau of the meeting and Palestine, Pakistan and Uganda as members, and Senegal as Rapporteur.
Source: OIC