Al-Othaimeen: OIC is Implementing String of Measures to achieve 25% mark in intra-Islamic trade by 2025

24/10/2017- Secretary General of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation Dr. Yousef A. Al-Othaimeen has stressed that the General Secretariat of the organization is in the process of implementing string of measures with the aim of consolidating the intra-OIC Member States’ cooperation in the fields of trade, investment and tourism towards the achievement of the 25% mark in intra-Islamic trade by the year 2025 as adopted by the Tenth Islamic Summit Conference held in Istanbul in April 2016.

The Secretary General stated this in the speech he delivered at a workshop on “Trade Facilitation: Identifying non-Tariff Trade Barriers among OIC Member States”, organized by the Islamic Centre for the Development of Trade, a subsidiary organ of the OIC in Rabat – Kingdom of Morocco, held from 24-25 October 2017.

“It is indeed a matter of gratification for me to attend this important gathering being convened in the city of Rabat, Kingdom of Morocco. I feel duty-bound here to start by extending my heartfelt thanks to H.M. King Mohammed VI, Sovereign of the Kingdom of Morocco as well as to the Kingdom’s Government and people for their sustained support to the Islamic Centre for the Development of Trade and for the superlative arrangements they have made to ensure the success of this very important event,” said Al-Othaimeen.

The Secretary General also noted that the workshop would contribute towards ensuring better-coordinated stands among the OIC Member States in the face of the escalating use of non-tariff barriers on the part of the industrial countries, in a drive to curb this phenomenon and facilitate the access of the OIC Member States’ exports to the countries concerned.

Madam Rukaya Al Derham, the Secretary of State at the Ministry of Industry, Investment, Trade and e-Economy in charge of External Trade in the Kingdom of Morocco, also delivered a statement during the opening ceremony of the workshop.

Participants at the workshop include representatives from 30 Members States, Organs and Institutions of the OIC and delegates from other multinational Institutions.

Source: http://www.oic-oci.org/topic/?t_id=15964&t_ref=8058&lan=en