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Turkey: The tenth summit of eight developing countries (D-8) began virtually in Iran on Thursday. The Summit was attended by Heads of States/Governments of eight D-8 Member States, including Iran, Bangladesh, Malaysia, Pakistan, Indonesia, Egypt, Turkey, and Nigeria. According to a statement by the Communications Directorate, Turkey will hand over the D-8 term presidency that it has undertaken since Oct. 20, 2017, to Bangladesh at the summit. The D-8 was established in 1997 to promote economic ...

Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan said that members of the D-8 Organization for Economic Cooperation should push back against vaccine nationalism and undue export restrictions to let COVID-19 vaccine reach equally to all countries of the world.   Addressing the 10th D-8 Summit, hosted in virtual format on Thursday, Khan said the D-8 should call for COVID-19 vaccine to be treated as a global public good, ensure equity, affordability, enhanced production and timely supply to save lives, accord...

Imran unfolds road-map for recovery from Covid Premier virtually addresses 10th D8 leadership summit; calls for enhanced trade activities Prime Minister Imran Khan at the 10th D-8 Virtual Summit held on April 8, 2021. PHOTO: PM Office ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan presented on Thursday a five-pronged road-map before the Developing-8 (D-8) countries, urging mobilisation of finances, intra-trade, youth engagement, technological development and enhanced cooperation in health, sports sector...

Foreign Minister Momen assumes chair of D-8 Council of Ministers Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen. File photo UNB, Dhaka UNB, Dhaka Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu has handed over the chairmanship of D-8 Council of Foreign Ministers to his Bangladesh counterpart Dr AK Abdul Momen. Dr Momen chaired the meeting in presence of the Foreign Ministers of the D-8 Member States yesterday. As a preparatory meeting of the 10th D-8 Summit, D-8 forei...

PETALING JAYA: Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin will lead Malaysias delegation at the 10th Summit of the D-8 Organisation for Economic Cooperation (D-8) on Thursday (April 8). The virtual summit is hosted by Bangladesh, the current chair. The six other countries in the D-8 are Egypt, Indonesia, Iran, Nigeria, Pakistan and Turkey. The summit was preceded by the 19th session of the D-8 Council of Ministers on Wednesday (April 7), which was attended by Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Hishammudd...

Prime Minister Imran Khan addresses the 10th D8 virtual summit. — DawnNewsTV Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday called upon member countries of the Developing Eight (D8) grouping to expand the scope of trade between themselves and mobilise resources to tackle the challenge of the Covid-19 pandemic. He was addressing the 10th virtual summit of the D-8 Organisation for Economic Cooperation, a group that aims to facilitate cooperation in the field of development and counts Bangladesh, Iran, ...

08 Apr 2021 / 22:24 H. - Bernama PUTRAJAYA: Malaysia on Thursday proposed to the D-8 Organisation for Economic Cooperation (D-8) the possibility of having Reciprocal Covid-19 Vaccine Certificate Recognition among D-8 member states to speed up the reopening of hardest-hit sectors. Malaysian Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin put forward the proposal in his keynote speech at the 10th Summit of the D-8 on Thursday as he addressed the summit virtually, in view of the vaccines roll-out plans...

PM seeks D-8 leaders’ role for sustainable solution of Rohingya crisis 542 DHAKA, April 8, 2021 (BSS) – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today urged the D-8 leaders to come forward for a sustainable solution to the Rohingya crisis and address the challenges posed by climate change alongside laying emphasis on trade, investment, cooperation and harnessing the power of youth. “I would like to urge you (D-8 leaders) to put pressure on Myanmar for taking back the Rohingyas,” she sai...

The Prime Minister said local youths have started to realise agriculture holds a promising future. "Smart farming has rapidly become the future of agriculture. "The food supply chain can be improved by introducing enabling technologies, such as the Internet of Things (IoT) or traceability systems, that have the potential to increase food safety and production transparency," he said on Thursday (April 8) during the 10th Summit of the D-8 Organisation for Economic Cooperation (D-8). The virtual s...

We owe it to them: PM Imran Khan urges D-8 countries to join hands in empowering their 550m youth By Thursday Apr 08, 2021 Prime Minister Imran Khan addressing the 10th summit of the D-8 Organisation for Economic Cooperation, on April 8, 2021. — Prime Ministers Office Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday urged members of the Developing Eight (D8) countries to join hands and facilitate their young population to not only "optimise our opportunities, but also overcome our common challenges". ...