Trade

Iran to hold International Ecotourism exhibition

Tehran, Iran, May 11, 2007

Iran is planning to host the first international exhibition of ecotourism of Developing 8 Countries (D8) as part of an initiative to boost international ties. Making the announcement, the Iranian secretary of National Ecotourism Committee said the decision was made ...

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D-8 countries to take steps for PTA’s implementation

Islamabad, Pakistan, May 05, 2007

Pakistan has stated that the D-8 countries will take necessary steps for implementation of the Preferential Trade Agreement (PTA). Addressing the two-day eighth meeting of High Level Trade officials (HLTO) of D-8 countries, which concluded here Friday at the Foreign ...

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Tuzmen: We Will Boost Commercial Relations Among D-8

Ankara, Turkey, April 06, 2007

State Minister for Foreign Trade Kürşad Tüzmen has said the trade volume among the “Developing Eight” (D-8), an economic group of eight large Muslim countries, has already reached $11 billion and that Turkey is gearing up to help that figure ...

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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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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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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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