The second meeting of agricultural ministers of D-8 Countries was inaugurated in Tehran on Monday, May 16, 2011. The leaders of D8 in their Kuala Lumpur Summit Declaration (2008), placed high priority on multilateral cooperation in attainment of food security, ...

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Agriculture has experienced a number of severe shocks in recent years with record high oil prices, commodity price spikes, food security fears and resultant trade restrictions, not to mention the most serious global economic recession since the 1930s. The greatest ...

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The D-8 Organization has just recently organized the periodical Commissioner meeting, which took place in Abuja, Nigeria, during the 10-12 March, 2011. The meeting was attended by participation of delegates from the People’s Republic of Bangladesh, the Arab Republic of ...

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Rızanur Meral, the president of key Turkish business group the Turkish Confederation of Businessmen and Industrialists (TUSKON) has said the trade volume between Turkey and Nigeria should increase more than twofold as soon as possible to over $2 billion from ...

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D-8 Secretary General, Widi Pratikto, met with the Turkish State Minister Hayati Yazici as part of the “2010 World Customs Forum” in Istanbul on Wednesday, October 6th, 2010. During the meeting between Pratikto and Yazici, the two officials discussed ways ...

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D-8 Secretary General, Prof. Dr. Ir. Widi Agoes Pratikto has recently paid a working visit to Tehran on 14-16 September 2010 on the invitation from the Government of Iran as a speaker to Iran-African Forum. On his visit to Tehran, ...

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Turkish and Egyptian trade chambers unions have signed an agreement to set up a joint trade chamber to boost business between the two countries, as reported by the Turkish agency, Anadolu Ajans. The agreement was signed on Saturday by Rifat ...

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As the 7th D-8 Summit was successfully held in Abuja on 4-8 July 2010, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Nigeria is publishing a post-summit publication to recap the achievements and success of the activities of D-8. D-8 Secretary General contributed ...

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D-8 Organization aim to reach a preferential trade agreement by next year to try to double trade and deepen economic cooperation, Nigerian government officials said on Thursday. Heads of state and ministers from the Developing Eight Countries (D8) — Iran, ...

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The Turkish president has said Turkey and Indonesia have agreed to start work to reciprocally abolish visa requirements between the two countries as a way to step up their strengthening relations. “During today’s meetings, Turkey and Indonesia agreed to start ...

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