The 41st Ministerial Meeting of the COMCEC was held under the auspices of H.E. Recep Tayyip ERDOĞAN, President of the Republic of Türkiye, on 3-4 November 2025 with the participation of over 600 delegates, 28 of which were Ministers and Deputy Ministers from 46 OIC Member Countries, 4 Observer Countries and 25 international organizations. Throughout the meeting, 35 bilateral talks were carried out between Member Countries, international organizations and private sector representatives.
The Ministerial Meeting commenced on 3 November 2025 with the opening speech of the H.E. Recep Tayyip ERDOĞAN, President of the Republic of Türkiye. Following His Excellency President, respectively, OIC Secretary General Hissein Brahim Taha and the Heads of Delegation of Qatar, Senegal and Pakistan on behalf of the three geographical regions of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation delivered their speeches. In addition, the Chairman of the Islamic Development Bank, H.E. Muhammad Sulaiman Al Jasser, H.E. Abdullah bin Saleh KAMEL, the President of the Islamic Chamber of Commerce and Development (ICCD) and Mr. Rifat HİSARCIKLIOĞLU, President of the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Türkiye (TOBB) and the Vice-President of the Islamic Chamber of Commerce and Development (ICCD) made their speeches during the opening session.
The theme of this year’s COMCEC Ministerial Exchange of Views Session was determined as “Developing/Improving National Export Strategies” in order to share experiences and discuss cooperation opportunities among Member Countries.
During the COMCEC Ministerial Exchange of Views Session, Dr. Sherin TAHA, Manager at Egyptian Exporters Association EXPOLINK, delivered a keynote speech on export strategies of OIC Member Countries.
In the Ministerial Exchange Session, chaired by H.E. Vice President Mr. Cevdet YILMAZ, the Ministers and Heads of Delegations of the Member Countries made statements on their country experiences with respect to the theme of the Ministerial Exchange of Views Session.
In this respect, the Honorable Ministers and Heads of Delegations emphasized the actions taken to address the main challenges faced by the Member Countries in developing national export strategies.
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