The 16th OIC summit will be held in Baku in 2026

The 16th summit session of the Islamic Conference will be held in 2026 in Baku, Republic of Azerbaijan, it was decided at the summit of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC), held on Saturday and Sunday in Banjul (Gambia).

15th conference ” decided to hold its sixteenth session in the Republic of Azerbaijan on a date to be determined later, in coordination with the General Secretariat of the OIC“, we state in the final press release, adopted on Sunday.

The Banjul Summit called on OIC member states and relevant bodies to “ cooperate with the General Secretariat, support the host country and make efforts to ensure the success of the Islamic Conference at the Baku Summitin”, the document adds.

Furthermore, the Banjul Declaration, adopted at the summit, specifically emphasizes ” the importance of resorting to dialogue and mediation for the peaceful resolution of differences” between OIC member countries, believing that this is able to “create a tension-free atmosphere within the Islamic Ummah“.

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Declaration of this 15th summit conference, held under the theme ” Promoting unity and solidarity through dialogue for sustainable development“, also noted ” the importance of strengthening preventive diplomacy in order to significantly contribute to the establishment of peace, the preservation of life and resources and the realization of the aspirations of our people for sustainable development“.

The OIC member countries further affirmed, “ the need to enable the Palestinian people to exercise their legitimate national rights, as recognized by the international community, particularly through the recognition of the State of Palestine, which enjoys full sovereignty over the 1967 borders, with Al Quds Acharif as its capital“.

The Palestinian issue, peace and security, the situation of Muslim communities and minorities in non-member states, legal, humanitarian, social, cultural, economic, scientific and technological, media, administrative and financial issues were now on the menu of this 15th summit chaired by the Republic The Gambia.

With MAP