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D-8 Secretary General met with Turkish President: to bid farewell, but not goodbye to D-8

Ankara, Turkey | January 18, 2010 by D-8 Secretariat

the D-8 Secretary General, Dipo Alam, officially met with the President of Republic of Turkey, Abdullah Gül, in Presidential Palace of Cankaya, Ankara, to bid farewell to the host country that initiated the birth of the D-8 Organization in 1997

D-8 Secretary General, Dipo Alam, officially met with the President of Republic of Turkey, Abdullah Gül, in Presidential Palace of Cankaya, Ankara, to bid farewell to the host country that initiated the birth of the D-8 Organization in 1997

Today, the D-8 Secretary General, Dipo Alam, officially met with the President of Republic of Turkey in Presidential Palace of Cankaya, Ankara, to bid farewell to the host country that initiated the birth of the D-8 Organization in 1997. Alam bid his farewell, but not goodbye, to Turkey and D-8 Organization as he embarks a new responsibility as the new Cabinet Secretary Minister of the Republic of Indonesia.

Dipo Alam had been unanimously elected by 8 Head of States for a four-year term (2009-2012) to serve as the Secretary General of D-8 during the 6th D-8 Head of States Summit in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, in July 2008. Alam assumed his post as Secretary General in early 2007, when he was assigned for the transitional period of two years. He was considered successful in leading and making noticeable progresses by bringing D-8 Organization into a higher ground among international organisations.

Alam reported his new appointment in the Indonesian Cabinet to the President of Turkey, Abdullah Gül, and remarked it as a very noble task and trust handed by the President of Indonesia to serve for his country. In the meeting, Alam reiterated that although he will soon release his post as the Secretary General of D-8, he is a deep believer of the importance of this organization for the member countries, including Indonesia and Turkey, and shall be monitoring the development and always be helpful whenever his assistance and contribution would be needed by D-8.

Alam reiterated that although he will soon release his post as the Secretary General of D-8, he is a deep believer of the importance of this organization for the member countries, including Indonesia and Turkey, and shall be monitoring the development and always be helpful whenever his assistance and contribution would be needed by D-8.

Alam reiterated that he shall be monitoring the development and always be helpful whenever his assistance and contribution would be needed by D-8.

Besides to meet with Turkey as the initiating country, Alam also scheduled to meet and report this development to Malaysia’s Prime Minister, Dato’ Sri Mohd Najib bin Tun Abdul Razak, as the current Chairman of D-8 (2008-2010), as well as head of state and relevant ministries of Nigeria as the candidate of new Chairman of D-8 for the periode of 2010-2012.

In the meeting today, Alam was also met by Foreign Affairs Minister of Turkey, Prof. Ahmet Davutoğlu, to talk about the new development and discuss ways to boost trade and cooperation between Indonesia and Turkey, both in the bilateral and multi-lateral framework in the D-8 Organization. Alam also mentioned sets of progress that have been achieved by the organization since 2006, such as the ratification of D-8 Visa Simplification Agreement (D-8 VSA).

“With the D-8 VSA facilitation, we are confident that intra-trade among D-8 could reach 10-15% from total D-8 trade with the world in 10 upcoming years,” Alam said. Recently the D-8 internal volume of trade reached US$78billion, or merely 6% of the total D-8 trade to the world. The two member states with significant GDPs (Indonesian GDP at US$530billion, and Turkish GDP at US$730billion) has been included in the G-20 group, as well as in the OIC as member countries. Both countries are expected to play major role in accelerating economic cooperation among D-8 member countries. Indonesian trade volume to D-8 countries recently is recorded at US$21billion, and it is expected that this amount can be increased in the future, especially with the investment growth to Indonesia.

Alam also talked about the intra-trade volume of D-8 which was amounted to US$35billion (or merely 3% from total trade to the world), and had increased to US$78billion (6% from total trade to the world). With more focus being introduced in the Roadmap 2008-2018 and the sound institutional supports and agreements in D-8 Action Plan, Alam said that he is optimist that the target can be reached to increase the intra-trade to 10-15% (of the total trade to the world).

In the meeting with President Gül, Dipo Alam, who was accompanied by the Indonesian Ambassador to Turkey, Awang Bahrin, extended the very best regards from the Indonesian President, SBY and several souvenirs from the Indonesian first lady, Mrs. Ani Yudhoyono, to the Turkish first lady, Mrs. Hayrünnisa Gül.

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