The Secretary General of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC), Prof. Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu received yesterday at his office here, Vollkmar Karl Wenzel, Ambassador of Germany to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The German Ambassador expressed his appreciation of the work and activities undertaken by the OIC. He also commended the role played by the OIC Secretary General in promoting dialogue and cooperation with the international community. The German ambassador expressed his country's desire to further strengthen cooperation and relations with the OIC in areas of common interest. On his part Prof. Ihsanoglu welcomed the German Ambassador and expressed the OIC General Secretariat's wish and readiness to expand cooperation with Germany in different fields and particularly through joint projects in the field of socio-economic development for the benefit of the least developed OIC member states.