12 November 2009 / TODAY’S ZAMAN WITH WIRES , İSTANBUL
Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) Secretary-General Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu is on a visit to Baku to attend an international conference titled “Dialogue among Civilizations: A View from Azerbaijan,” being hosted by Azerbaijan in cooperation with the OIC General Secretariat to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the establishment of the OIC.
On the sidelines of the conference, the OIC secretary-general was today received by the president of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev. They exchanged views on various important international and regional issues, including the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, the Afghan conflict and the situation in the Caucasus. İhsanoğlu also congratulated Aliyev on the occasion of the assumption by Baku of the title of Capital of Islamic Culture for 2009. The secretary-general reiterated to President Aliyev the principled and unwavering support of the OIC to Azerbaijan, in line with the OIC summit and ministerial conferences on Armenian aggression against Azerbaijan, which led to the occupation by Armenia of around 20 percent of Azerbaijani territory.
