Akhir 08, 1432 / March 13, 2011, SPA -- The Secretary General of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) Prof. Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu has received at the OIC General Secretariat in Jeddah the President of the Commission of West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU) Soumaila Cisse. The two sides expressed satisfaction at the current level of bilateral relations existing between their two organizations while reviewing the progress realized on the implementation of the various joint projects, aimed at rapid socio-economic transformation of the economies of their common members. They also agreed to work expeditiously on the accession of WAEMU member states to the OIC Trade Preferential System (TPS-OIC), including the effective participation of these countries in the various OIC economic programmes in the domain of poverty eradication, cotton rehabilitation, infrastructure, agriculture and rural development, among others. The two sides directed their joint technical team to commence elaboration of a Time Table for the examination and implementation of the agreed priorities between the OIC General Secretariat and the Commission of WAEMU, OIC said on its website.
