The Secretary General of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC), Professor Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, has called on Muslim countries to pursue a partnership for economic progress with more vigor in their upcoming phase of development. He affirmed that development is now at the center of the Organization's objectives of enhancing Islamic solidarity. The Secretary General made these remarks in a speech at the opening ceremony of the 25th Session of the Standing Committee for Economic and Commercial Cooperation of the OIC (COMCEC) in Istanbul yesterday. --MORE