Baku, Azerbaijan, Nov. 22
By Rufiz Hafizoglu – Trend:
Islamic countries are experiencing hard times, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Nov. 22.
He was speaking in Istanbul during the 33rd session of the OIC (Organization of Islamic Cooperation) Standing Committee on Economic and Commercial Cooperation (COMCEC), the Turkish media reported.
Erdogan noted that today one of the main problems of the Islamic world is related to the threat of terrorism.
“The “Islamic State” (IS), Al-Qaeda terrorist groups have turned a number of Islamic countries into ruins,” Erdogan said.
The president of Turkey noted that to the great regret, the West uses the weakness of the Islamic world exclusively for its own purposes.
“The goal of the West is to paralyze Muslim countries,” Erdogan said.
The crisis and humanitarian disaster in Syria revealed the true face of the West, he added.
Syria has been suffering from an armed conflict since March 2011, which, according to the UN, has claimed more than 500,000 lives.
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