Leaders from Islamic state under the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) started the economy summit with a focus on economic and commercial cooperation here on Monday.
The OIC Economy Summit is being held at Istanbul's Four Seasons Hotel to mark the 25th anniversary of the committee.
Heads of state and government at the summit include Turkish President Abdullah Gul, Kyrgyzstan President Murmanbek Bakiev, Palestinian Prime
Minister Salam Fayyad, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai, Syrian President Bashar al-Asad, Guinea-Bissau
President Raimundo Bacai Sanha, and Jordanian Prime Minister Nader al-Dahabi.