He also mentioned the personal involvement of the OIC Secretary General and his recent meetings with President Omar Al Bashir of Sudan and the Foreign Minister of Chad, on the sidelines of the Summit on cooperation between Turkey and Africa, held in August 2008 in Istanbul, in which he appealed to the two countries to solve their dispute through peaceful means and negotiations. Furthermore, the representative of the OIC conveyed to the Meeting the appeal of the OIC Secretary General to Chad and Sudan to re-establish their diplomatic relations as soon as possible in order to restore political dialogue and to build confidence between them. --SPA www.spa.gov.sa/590590