Malaysia Ratifies D-8 Visa Agreement: Another Strengthening Step in D-8 Trading Power

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | December 18, 2009 by D-8 Secretariat

Malaysia ratified the D-8 Agreement on Simplification of Visa Procedures for the Businessman of the D-8 Member States", making it the fourth member states to formalise the agreement within D-8 Countries

Malaysia ratified the D-8 Agreement on “Simplification of Visa Procedures for the Businessman of the D-8 Member States” on December 4th, 2009, making it the fourth member states to formalize the agreement within D-8 Countries. According to the Article 10 of the agreement, it shall enter into force on the thirtieth day after the date on which the fourth  member state officially deposits its original document of ratification with D-8 Secretariat in Istanbul. The other three member states which had previously ratified this agreement are Iran, Pakistan and Turkey.

D-8 Director, Ambassador Kia Tabatabaee hails the ratification from Malaysia as “very encouraging progress” and believes that the ratification shall add and strengthen other steps that have been taken in D-8 Organization to boost trading volume and economic interaction among member countries. “D-8 now is in a position to launch an important agreement, and I believe this will give a very significant effect on our trade in years to come,” he said.

D-8 Secretary General, Dipo Alam, also expressed his content and gratitude to Malaysia and the rest of the four ratifying countries, and added that he is confident that the D-8 trade volume and economic activities within member countries shall be positively effected with the ratification. “I shall also inform Indonesia about this ratification, and encourage them to expedite the process in the earliest convenient time,” he said during the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, Denmark, yesterday.

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