Azerbaijani leader discusses relations with OIC Chief. The Organisation of Islamic Co-operation has been a big supporter of Azerbaijani foreign policy initiatives.

The President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliev, met on Monday, 4 June in Baku with the Secretary General of the Organisation for Islamic Cooperation (OIC), Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu.

The OIC has been a big supporter of a number of Azerbaijani foreign policy initiatives and was instrumental in securing the support of many Arab, Asian and African countries for Azerbaijan's candidature for the United Nations Security Council last year.

source: commonspace.eu

photo: President Aliev with the Secretary General of the OIC in Baku on 4 June 2012 (picture courtesy of the Press Service of the President of Azerbaijan).