29, 2014, welcoming the holding of the first round of Arab businessmen and investors and Central Asia countries conference in Beirut 2015, holding the second round in Tajikistan in 2017, congratulating Kazakhstan on organizing EXPO-2017 to be held in Astana, the UAE on Dubai's winning the bid to organize EXPO-2020, coordinating the positions of the group in economic and commercial meetings, adopting joint activities to promote Arab and Islamic culture, calling for joint cultural exhibitions, artistic festivals and book fairs, establishing research, study and scientific centers, students exchange, appropriating of scholarships, underscoring the importance of cooperation in the field of health care, poverty control, family welfare, women, youths support, cultural promotion, media, encouraging more dialogue and understanding among peoples of the groups, respecting the religious and cultural privacy, participating in the regional and international initiatives aiming at enhancing dialogue among civilizations, cultures and religions and enhancing tolerance, welcoming the establishment of King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz International Center for Dialogue among followers of Religions and Cultures which was opened in Vienna on 26 November 2012, calling for cooperation with this facility as well as King Abdullah II of Jordan's initiative, adopted by the UN General assembly unanimously in 2010 to assign an international week for religious rapport, the holding of civilizations and cultures dialogue conference in Bahrain on 7 May 2014, the establishment of the International Excellency Center for Combating Violent Extremism in Abu-Dhabi on 14 December 2012, the initiative of Nursultan Nazarbaev, President of Kazakhstan, to hold the international and conventional leaders conference, the President of Azerbaijan Elham Eliive's initiative to hold a periodical forum in Baku, the establishment of the International center for Research Excellence on the multiculturalism, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's proposal, launched by the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud during the 4th Islamic extraordinary summit in Makkah in August 2012 regarding the establishment of a center for dialogue among Islamic sects in Saudi Arabia, welcoming the call of King Mohammed VI to forge an international charter that fixes appropriate standards for practicing the right of freedom of expression, opinion and commitment to respect religious figures and sanctuaries as well as spiritual values and beliefs, and holding of the forthcoming meeting of the senior officials committee in an Arab country or a Central Asia country or Azerbaijan or at the headquarters of the Secretariat General to follow-up the implementation the forum's recommendations. The participants extended thanks to the government of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for excellent organization and generous hospitality accorded to the delegates. They decided to fix the venue and date of the next forum to be held in 2016 in coordination with the Secretariat General and through proper diplomatic channels.
