Awwal 23, 1432 / April 27, 2011, SPA -- The Secretary General of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) Prof. Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu received here today the Secretary General of Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) Mohammed Yahya Maroofi. The meeting addressed means of enhancing working cooperation between the OIC and ECO. ECO Secretary General expressed satisfaction over the regular consultations between the two organizations, including coordination of policies and actions for the implementation of their joint socio-economic development projects. Ihsanoglu commended the growing working relations between the General Secretariats of the OIC and ECO, emphasizing that such cooperation is in the over-all interest of their common Member States. The two sides agreed to pursue joint actions in the areas of trade promotion, transportation, capacity building and infrastructure development. They requested their officials to work out a credible Plan of Action to facilitate the implementation of these joint programmes.
