The 13th Heads of State and Government Summit of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) under the theme of “Unity and Solidarity for Justice and Peace” is being held with an intensive participation in İstanbul for the first time.
Bosnia-Herzegovina, the TRNC, the Russian Federation and Thailand took place as observer countries at the summit; whereas Kosovo, Belarus, the Crimean Tatars and the Syrian opposition are among the special guests.
President Mustafa Akıncı was welcomed by the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan before the opening ceremony of the summit. Turkey has taken over the two-year presidency at the summit.
President Erdoğan and the guests had a group photo taken and President Mustafa Akıncı was also in the group photo.