Foreign Minister Ertuğruloğlu to attend OIC summit in Baghdad

According to a statement from the Foreign Ministry, high-level meetings are continuing at the OIC summit in Baghdad, attended by all member and observer states and affiliated bodies. The opening session began with a speech by Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, who spoke as chair of the 51st OIC Council of Foreign Ministers. Fidan drew attention to global crises in various regions of the world and to the pressure and injustice faced by Muslims.

After his speech, Fidan handed over the chairmanship of the Council to Iraqi Foreign Minister Ali Faleh Al-Zaidi. Iraq's foreign minister and prime minister, who also spoke at the opening, addressed similar issues, stressing crises and injustices in the Islamic world. The opening session concluded with remarks from the Gambian foreign minister as OIC summit chair, OIC Secretary-General İsmail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, and UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina J. Mohammed.

Northern Cyprus Foreign Minister Tahsin Ertuğruloğlu, who appeared in the summit's family photo, attended an official lunch hosted by the Iraqi foreign minister in honour of the heads of delegations and held talks with his counterparts. The afternoon session of the 52nd OIC Council of Foreign Ministers will continue tomorrow. Ministry officials are accompanying Ertuğruloğlu during his Baghdad visit.