OIC Secretary General Sends Congratulation Letter to President Erdogan on Outcome of Constitutional Amendments

18/04/2017- In a letter to His Excellency the President of Turkey, Mr. Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), Dr. Yousef Ahmed Al-Othaimeen, extended to the President and Turkish people his heartfelt felicitations on the outcome of the referendum for the constitutional amendments held in Turkey on 16 April 2017.

The Secretary General stressed that the results of this key popular vote are an emphatic expression that the Turkish people are keen on having a strong constitutional regime capable of securing political stability and economic prosperity.

The Secretary General took the opportunity to assure the President that the OIC is determined, as it has always been, to deepen its bilateral cooperation with the Republic of Turkey, being an important Member State and the current chair of the Islamic Summit, for the sake of better serving the interests of our Ummah at this admittedly critical juncture.

The Secretary General concluded his letter by wishing President Erdogan and the people of Turkey ever greater affluence, well-being and progress.

Source: http://www.oic-oci.org/topic/?t_id=13416&t_ref=5854&lan=en