Turkish President Sezer goes to Malaysia for OIC meeting

A draft resolution on Iraq, already approved at this week’s OIC foreign minister’s meeting, urges the United Nations to play a central role in postwar Iraq, adding that sovereignty should be returned to the Iraqi people as soon as possible. The resolution is also expected to condemn this week’s suicide bombing outside the Turkish Embassy in Baghdad. Meanwhile, at a press conference on the sidelines of the OIC meetings, members of Iraq’s Governing Council expressed opposition to the deployment of more foreign troops in their country. The council itself has yet to take an official stance on Turkey’s proposed troop deployment.