Jeddah, Rajab 20, 1437, April 27, 2016, SPA -- President of the Islamic Development Bank Group Dr. Ahmad Mohamed Ali commended the initiative of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan on the establishment of the Islamic Organization for Food Security (IOFS). Dr. Ali also hailed the Kazakh President's initiative on the infrastructure integration of the member states of the Islamic Cooperation Organization (ICO), which was presented during the thirteenth Islamic summit that was held recently in Istanbul. He made these remarks on the occasion of the founding meeting of the Islamic Organization for Food Security to be held on Thursday in the Kazakh capital Astana. --SPA 23:29 LOCAL TIME 20:29 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w