D-8 Organization Calls for hastened process to D-8 RoO and PTA Ratification
Istanbul, Turkey | December 07, 2007 by
Following the signing of the comprehensive Free Trade Agreement (FTA) for Closer Economic Partnership between Pakistan and Malaysia on 6th November, 2007 which was published in the D-8 website (click here to read related news), D-8 Secretary General Dipo Alam has called on the Turkish government represented by Mr. Atilla G. Kizilarslan, Head of Department of Undersecretariat of the Prime Ministry for Foreign Trade of Republic of Turkey, to lead to hasten the final D-8 9th HLTO Meeting, which is scheduled to be held in the first quarter of 2008, in Islamabad, Pakistan.
In his call, Secretary General underlined the significance of finalizing negotiations on the RoO and the Offer List. He believes that with the close economic partnership among its member, D-8 member states could proceed quickly to finalize RoO and ratify D-8 PTA very soon afterwards.
D-8 Organization is known to have close trade arrangements among her member states. Turkey, for example, has FTA with Egypt, Indonesia, Malaysia (through ASEAN FTA); and soon Indonesia will also have FTA with Pakistan, he cited in the letter sent on November 30, 2007.
Dipo Alam said D-8 members had great economic potential and could make tremendous progress by collaborating. “We just have to enhance concerted efforts to fulfil this potential,” he said in his office on Wednesday.
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