OIC Secretary General Commended WIEF for Galvanising the Role of Private Sector in OIC Countries

09/10/2017- The OIC Secretary General, His Excellency Yousef A. Othaimeen has called for the removal of trade and investment barriers and creation of free trade zones for rapid socio-economic development in OIC Member States. This call was made, during his audience with the Chairman of the World Islamic Economic Forum (WIEF), His Excellency, Ton Musa Hatim at the OIC General Secretariat in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on 8 October 2017.

Commending the role of WIEF in facilitating trade and investment in OIC countries through active mobilisation of the OIC Private Sector, the Secretary General expressed satisfaction at the current level of cooperation existing between OIC and WIEF. The meeting discussed the opportunities for closer cooperation towards enhancing financial inclusion, women and youth empowerment as well as poverty eradication among peoples in OIC Member States.

The two sides also reviewed the important themes to be discussed during the 13th World Islamic Economic Forum, scheduled for Sarawak, Malaysia, on 21-23 November 2017; namely: removing trade and investment barriers, creation of free trade zones, producing high quality goods and public-private partnership, among others.

Source: http://www.oic-oci.org/topic/?t_id=15889&t_ref=8027&lan=en