Kuala Lumpur, June 09, SPA -- Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi opened here today The Third International Conference themed "Muslim World and the West: Bridging the Gap" with presence of OIC Secretary General Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu; Prince Turki Al-Faisal, Chairman of Board of Directors of King Faisal Centre for Research and Islamic Studies, Saudi Arabia; Pakistani Premier Shaukat Aziz and President of Oslo Center for Peace and Human Rights Kjell Magne Boundevike. In his address to the gathering, Malaysian Prime Minister said "We must stand together with a firm commitment to establish a culture of tolerance and harmony in order to better promote the well-being of humankind, not withstanding the differences or dissimilarities that exist between us as communities. "If we can accomplish this, we would have taken one important step in closing the gap" he was quoted as saying by the Malaysian News Agency "Bernama".--MORE www.spa.gov.sa/563582