The Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Prof. Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu has dispatched a high-level political mission to Benghazi to follow up the political endeavors of the Secretary General, assess the real situation and developments in Libya, and continue the mission of the delegation dispatched to the Libyan capital of Tripoli on June 22, 2011. The mission, which set off from Jeddah to Benghazi on Wednesday July 13, 2011, is headed by Ambassador Mahdi Fathallah, Director General of the Political Department of the OIC General Secretariat, with the participation of Ibrahim El-khouzeim, Executive Director of the OIC Islamic Solidarity Fund. The delegation is to hold talks with the National Transitional Council in Benghazi, in follow-up of the resolution of the OIC ministerial-level Executive Committee which recommended dispatching a mission to assess the situation on the ground in Libya. Ihsanoglu will also participate in the International Contact Group meeting on Libya to be held on Friday 15 July in Istanbul and hold consultations on the Libyan situation.
