UAE participates in COMCEC meetings in Istanbul

Istanbul, Oct 11, 2012 (WAM) - The 28th session of the OIC's COMCEC meeting was opened yesterday in Istanbul by the Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The UAE delegation to the meeting is being headed by Economy Minister Sultan bin Saeed Al Mansouri. Al Mansouri said the UAE was keen to take part in all OIC meetings and activities, given their importance at all economic, commercial, cultural, political and social levels. He added that the UAE was among leading countries in intra-COMCEC trade. The country's trade with Islamic countries reached US$ 50.5 billion in 2009, or 11.7 percent of the OIC's total trade. – Emirates News Agency, WAM