DAKAR - Turkish FM Ali Babacan said members of the Organization for Islamic Conference (OIC) vowed support for Izmir candidacy to host EXPO 2015 during a high level meeting of the organization, gathering foreign ministers from member and observer countries in Dakar.
"It would be the first EXPO event in the Middle East, eastern Mediterranean, Aegean and Balkans if Izmir gets to become the host city," Babacan told reporters.
Babacan also said he would bring up the issue once again when the organization will prepare the final declaration of the meeting.
"The organization would be asking from its own members to support Izmir, which would be one of the most important results of the meeting," he said.
(YMB-ULG)