February 4, 2008 - 12:43 AMT
OIC "condemns" Armenia
The final declaration of the Cairo meeting of the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) declared "the Turkish Cypriot State," after intensive lobbying by the Turkish delegation.

"OIC member states are invited to prove their effective solidarity with the Turkish Cypriot State and continue close relations to help it to overcome the isolations," said the declaration of the 5th Conference of the Parliamentary Union of the Organization of Islamic Conference Member States.

The declaration also touched upon the Nagorno Karabakh conflict. It condemned the "Armenian occupation on parts of Azerbaijan", and the pressure and discrimination against Turkish minorities living in Western Thrace, Greece, The New Anatolian reports.