[D-8] Business Council, currently managed by the Nigerian Association of Chamber of Commerce of Industry, Mines and Agriculture (NACCIMA), recently held its 1st General Meeting on 8 December 2011 at the NACCIMA House in Lagos. The Council comprises of businessmen ...

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The Deputy Governor of Bank Indonesia, Halim Alamsyah, opened the “D-8 Islamic Microfinance Workshop”, which is also the 2nd D-8 Working Group on Development of the Islamic Financial Services Industry, on Friday 11th November 2011 in Jakarta. Bank Indonesia (BI) ...

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D-8 Organization has successfully held the 2nd Industrial Ministerial Meeting and 6th Working Group on Industrial Cooperation (WGIC) during 4-6 October 2011 in Istanbul, Turkey, to strengthen its industrial cooperation among member countries in order to find and secure opportunities ...

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D-8 Organization has set its “Preferential Trade Agreement (PTA) among D-8 Member States” into force as 25 August 2011. The entry into force of the PTA is a very significant achievement of the Organization towards the enhancement of economic and ...

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FOREIGN Affairs Minister of Nigeria, Olugbenga Ashiru, has said that the country, in its engagement with the rest of the world, will give priority to the kind of international cooperation that seeks to create jobs for citizens of member countries. ...

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The Developing Eight (D-8) will further encourage member countries to ratify a preferential trade agreement (PTA) this year to boost intra-group trade, a top official says. Secretary-general Widi A. Pratikto said Monday the agreement would push up trade among member ...

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D-8 Organization has just successfully held the 5th Working Group Meeting on Civil Aviation in Jakarta, Indonesia, on 8-9 June 2011. The meeting, which was officially opened by the Minister of Transportation of the Republic of Indonesia, H.E. Mr. Freddy ...

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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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Earlier this month on May 4th, Secretary General of D-8, Widi Pratikto and his delegation from D-8 Secretariat paid a courtesy visit to the Turkish Ministry of Industry and Trade to meet with Mr. Sufyan Emirlioglu, the Director General of ...

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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announced on Monday that the value of trade between Iran and Turkey will reach $30 billion during Iranian calendar year 1390, which begins on March 21. Ahmadinejad made the remarks during a joint press conference with ...

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