ANKARA - The 20th meeting of the Organization of the Islamic Conference Standing Committee for Economic and Commercial Cooperation (COMCEC) Follow-up Committee will start at Istanbul's The Marmara Hotel on Tuesday.
Releasing a statement, the State Planning Organization (DPT) said on Monday that Turkish State Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Abdullatif Sener would represent Turkey at the meeting to be hosted and presided by Turkey.
The statement recalled that COMCEC, which has been maintaining its activities since 1984, was responsible for improvement of multi-lateral economic and commercial co-operation and coordination among member countries.
The statement noted that the Follow-up Committee had prepared COMCEC's agenda and that it reviewed the implementation of COMCEC resolutions.
The committee had taken recommendatory resolutions about this issue, the statement stressed.
It noted that developments in implementation of Economic Cooperation Action Plan, improvement of trade among member countries, issues related with activities of World Trade Organizations, cooperation among private sectors and investments of private sector in Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) member countries were among the issues to be discussed at the meeting.
Delegations from Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Palestine, Syria, Iran, Burkina Faso, Malaysia, Kuwait and Nigeria would participate in the meeting, the statement said.
The draft agenda of 20th COMCEC meeting scheduled to be held in Istanbul this November would also be prepared at the Follow-up Committee meeting, the statement added.
(UK-AÖ) 10.05.2004