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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 and development cooperation among eight Member States. The statement also noted that in addition to ...

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, according to the Prime Minister's Office.   The Pakistani prime minister said the contemporary global cha...

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 sectors and during natural disasters. Imran also urged the D8 countries to develop a strategy to deal with...

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 foreign ministers met virtually at the 19th session of the D-8 Council of Ministers. At the onset of the ...

PETALING JAYA: Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin will lead Malaysia's 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 Hishammuddin Hussein. The theme for this year's D-8 Summit,"Partnership for a Transformative World: Harnessin...