The Secretary General of the Organization of the Islamic Conference Prof. Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu expressed his thanks to and appreciation of The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz for the Kingdom's support for the Organization and its institutions in general and the Islamic Chamber of Commerce and Industry in particular. In an inaugural speech at the 4th meeting of the Chamber's Board of Directors recently held in Jeddah, he also expressed his appreciation of the Chamber's President Saleh Abdullah Kamel for his continual efforts to activate business community and trade in the Islamic world. Oglu noted that intra-trade among OIC member states rose from 14.5 percent in 2004 to 15.5 percent in 2005 and to 16.3 percent in 2006, recording a rise of 6.9 percent and 5.1 percent respectively.
