OIC chief calls for end to all violence during Ramadan
ISTANBUL. July 15. Kazinform The advent of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan should be respected by all parties, and all acts of violence and bloodshed in Libya should stop, chief of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) said here on Friday. Kazinform refers to Xinhua.
Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, chairman of the OIC said in a statement " I would like to call on all parties involved, to respect the sacred nature of this month (Ramadan) by ending all hostilities and bloodshed."
He read out the statement to attendees at the Libya Contact Group meeting in Turkey's Istanbul, saying "I hope that this moral obligation will pave the way to a peaceful political solution to the Libyan crisis with due consideration to the legitimate aspirations of the Libyan people," he said. Kazinform cites Xinhua. See www.xinhuanet.com