26th Meeting of Executive Board of Parliamentary Assembly of OIC takes place in Ankara

ANKARA (A.A) - The 26th Meeting of the Executive Board of Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation was held in Turkish capital of Ankara on Sunday. Speaking at the inauguration of the meeting held at the Rixos Hotel, Deputy Speaker of Turkish Parliament Mehmet Saglam said that the world has become a global village in the 21st century where every country is tied to each other. The parliamentarians must play a crucial role in foreign policies as diplomats, Saglam said. There is a need to be more active in the international arena. Countries that shape developments are at the forefront in global relations, Saglam said. The Islamic world is going through an important period. It is the Islamic countries themselves that can find solutions to their problems, Saglam said. Touching on the Palestinian problem, Saglam said that Turkey will continue to extend support to Palestine. Saglam made a call on Islamic countries to have more contacts with the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC). Today, we will make preparations for the OIC meeting to take place in Indonesia in January 2012, Saglam said. Term President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation and Speaker of Uganda's Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga, thanked Turkey for hosting Sunday's meeting and offered condolences to Turkey over the victims of the recent earthquake in eastern province of Van.