REPUBLIKA.CO JAKARTA -- Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi and her Mauritanian counterpart Isselkou Ould Ahmed Izid Bih, in a bilateral talks hoped that the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) will solve the Palestinian issue.

The two foreign ministers met on the sidelines of the Fifth Extraordinary Summit of the OIC at the Jakarta Convention Center (JCC) here on Sunday.

The Indonesian foreign minister said that the OIC extraordinary summit is being held in Indonesia as part of Indonesia's and OIC's full support and solidarity to Palestine.

Retno said the Indonesian government also hoped that the extraordinary summit of the OIC would help foster the unity of the OIC member countries.