Proceedings of the 13 th Meeting of the
COMCEC Agriculture Working Group
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1. Opening Session
In line with the tradition of the Organization of the Islamic Cooperation (OIC), the Meeting
commenced with the recitation from the Holy Quran. Afterwards, Mr. Burak KARAGÖL, Director at
the COMCEC Coordination Office welcomed all participants. Briefly informing the participants
about the programme of the Meeting, Mr. KARAGÖL invited Mr. Sariyang JOBARTEH, Deputy
Director General, Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of The Gambia, to chair the Meeting. Mr.
JOBARTEH welcomed all the participants to the 13th Meeting of the Agriculture Working Group and
expressed his best wishes for successful deliberations.