The Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, Hussein Ibrahim Taha, sent a letter to the Rais of the Republic of Tatarstan, Rustam Minnikhanov, in which he expressed gratitude for the initiative to create the Association for the Development of Ice Hockey in Islamic Countries. The letter specifically emphasizes that the Organization welcomes the establishment of ADIHIC.

The OIC Secretary General noted that the Organization expresses its full readiness to cooperate with ADIHIC within the framework of the existing interaction of the international organization with the Russian Federation.