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The member-countries of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) must develop the joint relations more actively, Mustafa Kabakci, former Turkish MP from the Justice and Development Party, told Trend by phone April 15.

Kabakci said that taking into account the strength and capabilities of the Islamic countries, these countries can play a greater role in solving the world conflicts.

The Turkish MP added that unfortunately, the role of Islamic countries in this issue is not rather active.

"Today, the Islamic world consists of more than one billion people," he said. "The Islamic countries are the world's richest ones in terms of hydrocarbon reserves."

He said that taking into account the capabilities of the Islamic countries, these countries can solve all their problems themselves.

"Istanbul's 13th OIC Islamic Summit Conference can give a great impetus to the development of relations among the OIC countries and unify their efforts in all directions," he said.

Kabakci added that one of the important directions of uniting joint efforts of the OIC countries is to combat the growing threat of terrorism.

"First of all, the OIC countries must also give preference to each other in trade," he said. "This will contribute to the economic development of these countries."

The 13th OIC Islamic Summit Conference is underway in Istanbul.

The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), founded on Sept. 25, 1969, is the largest and most influential official Muslim governmental international organization.

The OIC brings together 57 countries.

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