Erdoğan criticizes Muslim countries for reluctance to help Pakistan
published by You on 6 September, 2010 - 12:57
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip ErdoÄŸan has criticized oil-rich Muslim countries for their slowness and reluctance to send humanitarian aid to flood-stricken Pakistan.
According to the prime minister, member countries of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) have pledged to send only $1 billion to Pakistan. “What is the Muslim world, who say they own oil resources, doing? How much of their oil have they sent to Pakistan? I do not want them to get offended. But it was not they who discovered the oil resources. The resources are a blessing,†he stated during a symposium in İstanbul on Sunday.
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