Turkey will participate OIC conference on Mali

Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu is set to attend a ministerial meeting organized by the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in Jeddah on Monday, over the current situation in war-torn Mali.

A Foreign Ministry statement released on Sunday announcing the visit to the Jeddah headquarters of the organization said that Turkey and Mali share historical bonds and that Turkey has always paid great importance to the sovereignty, territorial integrity and political stability of the West African country.

The meeting will be a means to evaluate the developments in Mali and to determine common steps that could be taken for the situation.