The 42nd Ministerial Meeting of the COMCEC was held under the auspices of H.E. Cevdet YILMAZ, Vice President of the Republic of Türkiye, on 31 October-3 November 2026 with the participation of over 600 delegates, 34 of which were Ministers and Deputy Ministers from 46 OIC Member Countries, 4 Observer Countries and 28 international organizations. Throughout the meeting, 62 bilateral talks were carried out between Member Countries, international organizations and private sector representatives.
The Ministerial Meeting commenced on 2 November 2026 with the opening speech of the H.E. Cevdet YILMAZ, Vice President of the Republic of Türkiye. Following His Excellency Vice Peesident, respectively, OIC Secretary General Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed and the Heads of Delegation of Kuwait, Ginea and Maldives 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, 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 Effective Trade Financing Tools for Increasing Export in the OIC Member Countries” in order to share experiences and discuss cooperation opportunities among Member Countries.
During the COMCEC Ministerial Exchange of Views Session, H.E. Adeeb Yousuf Al Ama, CEO of International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation, delivered a keynote speech on trade financing landscape of OIC Member Countries.
In the Ministerial Exchange Session, chaired also 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 effective trade financing tools.
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