Goal of West - to paralyze Muslim countries, Erdogan says
By Kamila Aliyeva
Islamic countries are experiencing hard times, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said while addressing the 33rd session of the OIC (Organization of Islamic Cooperation) Standing Committee on Economic and Commercial Cooperation (COMCEC) in Istanbul on November 22, Turkish media outlets reported.
He 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 Turkish president added 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,” he said.
Erdogan also underlined that the crisis and humanitarian disaster in Syria revealed the true face of the West.
Iranian, Russian and Turkish Presidents Hassan Rouhani, Vladimir Putin and Recep Tayyip Erdogan are expected to discuss the Syria issue today in Sochi.
All three countries are involved in Astana talks aimed at finding political solution to the long-lasting crisis.
Turkey, which backs the opposition, and Russia and Iran, which support Bashar Assad, are the guarantor countries which brokered a ceasefire in Syria.
Syria has been locked in civil war since March 2011. According to UN's special envoy for Syria, Staffan de Mistura, around 500,000 people have died in the conflict while half the population has been driven from their homes.
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