It is high time we reviewed OIC structures, says King Mohammed

Morocco's King Mohammed VI highlighted Thursday the need to reform the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) that came into being in Morocco and identify the best ways to enhance joint Islamic action within the framework of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference,

"It is high time we reviewed the Organisation's structures and working methods to make this institution an effective instrument for co-ordination, economic integration, interaction with civil society and defence of the radiant message of Islamic civilisation," underlined the Moroccan leader.

The sovereign voiced conviction that this Summit Conference is "a valuable opportunity to make up for lost time and to give a tangible illustration of Islamic brotherliness," adding that it is crucial to "engage in positive interaction with the universal civilisation to assert our presence in a world where there is no room for weak, introverted or artificial entities."

The king further said that "time has come for us to get the record straight and draw a demarcation line between objective and subjective impediments, genuine and fictitious causes, passing and structural factors, which have hampered the progress of the Islamic Ummah."