The head of the Organisation of the Islamic Cooperation on Monday warned of a possible internationalisation of the Syrian crisis if the regime does not comply with calls for reform and end the bloodshed. If Syria “does not comply with the legitimate demands of the Syrian people and international calls by the OIC, the Arab League and the United Nations, it will risk the internationalisation of its crisis,” Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu said. The secretary general said internationalising Syria’s crisis will “not be in anybody’s interest and will have dangerous outcomes on the security in Syria and in other (OIC) member states.” The pan-Islamic 57-nation organisation is ready to “support all efforts seeking to work out a peaceful solution to the crisis in order to ensure the security and stability of Syria as well as respond to the legitimate demands of the Syrian people,” he said in a statement. “In this context, the OIC general secretariat is conducting consultations to convene a meeting of the OIC executive committee at the ministerial level,” the English-language statement added.
