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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As the Chairman of the Group of Eight Developing Countries, D-8, and Nigeria’s President, Dr Goodluck Jonathan, leads a 14-man delegation to Turkey on a 2-day visit, the volume of trade between the two countries is expected to hit over ...

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D-8 Secretary General, H.E Widi Pratikto had recently paid a courtesy visit to MUSIAD (Independent Industrialist and Businessmen’s Association) of Turkey, and warmly welcomed by the President of MUSIAD, H.E Omer Cihad Vardan. Both figures had a productive coordination talks ...

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On January 18th, 2011, D-8 Secretary General Widi Pratikto paid a courtesy visit to the newly assigned Turkish D-8 Commissioner in Ankara. The new Turkish D-8 Commissioner, H.E. Ambassador Mehmet Gucuk, was previously the Turkish Ambassador in Bulgaria, and had ...

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Emanated by the Abuja Declaration 2010, D-8 Secretariat launched an Official Forum Web Page which serves to encourage regular interaction and sharing of information on investment opportunities by the Authorities of the D-8 Member Countries with the Private Sector and ...

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D-8 Organization has just successfully organized a Task Force meeting on SMEs, in Tehran, Iran on 6-7 December 2010. This meeting is the follow up to previous SME Task Forces meeting held back to back with the 5th Meeting of ...

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The Director General Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, Mr. Temisan Omatseye has been elected to chair the D-8 Expert working group on Shipping. The newly elected chairman of the group Mr. Temisan Omatseye in his acceptance speech said that ...

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D-8 Organization has successfully concluded the 1st Meeting of D-8 Working Group on Shipping, which was organized by full support of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety (NIMASA) in Abuja, on November 9-10, 2010. The meeting was offered by the ...

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D-8 Organization, with the full support from and coordination with Bank Negara Malaysia has recently organised the Session of the Developing Eight (D-8) Working Group on the Development of the Islamic Financial Services Industry in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on October ...

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In order to facilitate joint cooperation and bilateral exchanges between their two organizations, His Excellency, Prof. Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, Secretary General of Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC), and His Excellency Prof. Widi A. Pratikto, Secretary General of Developing-8 Organization for ...

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