Organization of Islamic Cooperation: Priorities and Policies

... observer. The accession process had been launched by President Putin in 2003 during his working visit to Malaysia, where he addressed the 10th OIC Summit in Putrajaya and declared the need for Russia to join because the country is "interwoven with the Islamic world." [1] Ten years after Moscow began the relationship, it is quite appropriate to draw attention to the OIC's new role in the worldwide Islamic community, its ability to counter global challenges and solve its own problems, as well as ...