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Iran, Turkey call for boosting economic ties

Tehran, Iran, March 12, 2007

In his visit with the Turkish Minister of Agriculture and Rural Affairs Mehdi Eker here on Monday, Iranian Minister of Agricultural Jihad Massud Mirkazemi stressed the need for the two countries to sign preferential agreements aimed at boosting the trade ...

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Egyptian Foreign Minister received D-8 Secretary General

Cairo, Egypt, March 10, 2007

Foreign Minister, Ahmed Aboul Gheit, received the new Secretary-General of the Developing Eight Group (D-8), Dipo Alam, on March 10th. Mr. Alam’s visit is the first of its kind to a D-8 member state since assuming office. During the meeting, ...

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Edible oil manufacturers to visit Malaysia

Islamabad, Pakistan, March 05, 2007

A high-level Pakistan Vanaspati Manufactu-rers Association (PVMA) delegation led by Sh. Amjad Rashid, chairman of the association will visit Malaysia from March 12 to 14, to attend the Price Outlook Forum, 2007. The Price Outlook Forum is an international event ...

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D-8 economic cooperation given a ’strategic vision’

Istanbul, Turkey, March 03, 2007

The ministerial meeting between Iran and Turkey in Ankara last week was highly marked with the introduction of a “strategic vision” to strengthen the trade ties between the two countries. The Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki, and the Turkish Foreign ...

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Minutes of Meeting with Abdullah Gül, Foreign Minister of Turkey

March 01, 2007

This meeting was held as a courtesy call of the D-8 Secretariat to the Foreign Ministry of Turkey. Both sides declared their pleasures to come together. Regarding the 10th anniversary of the establishment of the D-8 both sides agreed to ...

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Egypt signs training agreement with UNCTAD

Cairo, Egypt, February 03, 2007

Egypt signed Saturday with the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) a memorandum of understanding to support Egypt in the workforce training domain According to a statement issued by the Egyptian Foreign Ministry, UNCTAD Secretary General Supachai Panitchpakdi ...

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Bangladesh May Procure Crude from Iran

Dhaka, Bangladesh, February 03, 2007

Bangladesh will enter talks to buy 1.4 million tonnes (28,000 barrels a day) of crude a year from Iran on a deferred-payment basis, the first term oil contract between the two nations, oil officials said yesterday. Energy ministry officials said ...

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