RECONSIDER RELATIONSHIP WITH ISRAEL, SAYS OIC SECRETARY-GENERAL

KUALA LUMPUR, June 15 (Bernama) -- The Organisation of the Islamic
Conference (OIC) Monday called on its member states which have relations with
Israel to reconsider their ties, following Israel's attack on the Gaza-bound aid
flotilla which resulted in nine deaths recently.

OIC secretary-general Professor Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu said the suggestion was
one of the resolutions reached at the OIC Ministerial Executive Meeting last
Sunday.

The other resolutions made were to lift the embargo on Gaza, to convene a
meeting of legal experts, to convene a United Nations general assembly under the
title of United for Peace, and also to take necessary measures and sanction
against Israel.

"We are working to implement these resolutions. The OIC member countries are
also in consultation," he told a news conference, here, Monday night.

Ekmeleddin is in Malaysia to receive an honorary Doctor of Philosophy in
Political Science from the International Islamic University Malaysia Wednesday.

He will also make a courtesy call on Prime Minister Najib Tun
Razak at Parliament building.

-- BERNAMA