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Ihsanoglu Hails Growing OIC-ECO Cooperation
Saudi Press Agency Published in Saudi Press Agency on 20 - 12 - 2010

The burgeoning collaboration between the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) and the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) came under focus in the message of Professor Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, the OIC Secretary General to the 11th ECO Summit, which concluded its proceedings in Istanbul, Turkey on December 23, 2010, according to a press release issued here Saturday evening by OIC.
Recalling that the total ECO Gross Domestic Product was 30% of the OIC GDP, the Secretary-General enumerated the latest OIC programmes aimed at the socio-economic development of ECO member-countries.
He specifically mentioned the Special Programme for the Development of Central Asia, the implementation of the Turkmenistan-Kazakhstan-Iran Railway Project, and the proposed construction of the Dushanbe-Mazar-i-Sharif-Herat railway as examples of the recent areas of collaboration with member-states of ECO.
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