JEDDAH (AA) - ''Turkey's voice will be heard stronger from now on,'' Prof. Dr. Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, Secretary General of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) said on Wednesday.
Ihsanoglu, who took over the mission from his predecessor Abdelouahed Belkeziz on Tuesday evening, told A.A correspondent that: ''I would like to say that Turkey's voice will be heard stronger from now on. Support of our government and state is obviously an indispensable incentive for us.''
Ihsanoglu said better results could be obtained from the reforms to be implemented within the organization and OIC will serve more to regional peace.
Ihsanoglu said in the speech which he delivered during yesterday's ceremony, he had stressed what kind of a plan OIC had to pursue, administrative reforms to be implemented, problems of Islamic world, the changes in the world conjuncture since the foundation of OIC in 1969, policies of Islam countries, and what was needed to solve the problems.
Ihsanoglu said he pointed to the changes that should be done within the organization, stating that, ''great interest was shown to me here. Diplomats from Islamic and European countries and representatives from Russia and China attended the ceremony. They will have the opportunity to see the new policies of the OIC.''
(AY-ULG)
2004-12-29