Then, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of the Republic of Turkey delivered a speech in which he welcomed the participants, thanking Egypt for its great efforts during chairmanship of the previous session of the OIC summit. The opening session was attended by Minister of Islamic Affairs, Endowments, Call and Guidance Sheikh Saleh bin Abdulaziz Al Al-Sheikh; Minister of Finance Dr. Ibrahim bin Abdulaziz Al-Assaf; Minister of Transport Eng. Abdullah bin Abdulrahman Al-Moqbil, and Tamim bin Abdulaziz Al-Salem, assistant private secretary of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques. --SPA 17:09 LOCAL TIME 14:09 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w