21 October 2014 -  PUIC Desk 

A delegation from the PUIC General Secretariat has paid a visit to the Republic of Mali on 8th October 2014, and was received by His Excellency the Speaker of the Malian National Assembly Mr. Issaka Sidibe. The talks between the two sides focused on the emergency developments resulting from the outbreak of the Ebola Virus disease in West Africa which precludes the convening of the 10th Session of the PUIC Conference in Bamako capital of Mali in January 2015.
The delegation also met with the Organizing Committee and with civil and Muslim Organizations and presented an explanation of the emergency reasons behind the impossibility of holding the Conference in the Malian Capital.
The Speaker of the National Assembly of Mali expressed their understanding of those reasons, and stated the keenness of the Malian President of the Republic, government, people and National Assembly on convening the 2016 Conference in Bamako. He also expressed their approval of hosting the 10th Session of the PUIC Conference by the Grand National Assembly of Turkey.
Meanwhile the PUIC General Secretariat informed the august Member Parliaments about initiating contacts with the Turkish Parliament concerning the hosting of the 10th Session of the PUIC Conference.