Vice President Cevdet Yılmaz meets OIC chief on FAO bid, Turkish Cypriots' rights

Vice President Cevdet Yılmaz met with Organisation of Islamic Cooperation Secretary-General Ismail Vild eş-Şeyh Ahmed, who was in Istanbul for a COMCEC meeting. Yılmaz conveyed Türkiye's expectation of support for its candidacy for FAO director-general.

Vice President Cevdet Yılmaz met in Istanbul with Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Secretary-General Ismail Vild eş-Şeyh Ahmed, who was in Türkiye for the 42nd Meeting of the Standing Committee for Economic and Commercial Cooperation (COMCEC).

The meeting addressed strengthening the OIC's institutional effectiveness, developing economic and commercial cooperation under COMCEC, and reinforcing solidarity on the common issues facing the Islamic world.

Cevdet Yılmaz ve İİT Genel Sekreteri heyetlerarası görüşmede

FAO candidacy, Cyprus and Western Thrace

Yılmaz said he conveyed Türkiye's expectation of support for its candidacy for director-general of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). He noted that expectations regarding the protection of the rights of Turkish Cypriots and the Turkish Muslim minority in Western Thrace were also shared.

A ceramic work from siblings in Gaza

Yılmaz and the secretary-general then visited the Project Exhibition, where member states' projects were presented as part of COMCEC. During the visit, a ceramic work created by three Palestinian siblings from Gaza who had lost relatives was presented to Yılmaz.

Gazzeli kardeşler hazırladıkları seramik eseri Cevdet Yılmaz'a teslim ediyor

Yılmaz congratulated the secretary-general on taking up his new post and wished him success in his work. The 42nd COMCEC Ministerial Session, which began on October 31, will continue in Istanbul through November 3.