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 7th Summit of the Group of 8 (D-8) started here on Sunday with the meeting of D-8 Commissioners in this capital city of Nigeria, Abuja. The 28th session of the Commissioners’ two-day meeting at the State House Banquet Hall ...

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Turkish President Abdullah Gül has said Indonesia and Turkey aim to reach a bilateral trade volume of $10 billion, stressing increasingly growing trade and economic relations. Speaking at a press conference yesterday following his meeting with his Indonesian counterpart, Susilo ...

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The First Session of the D-8 Working Committee on Renewable Energy was held in Ankara, Turkey on June 8-9, 2010. The meeting was attended by Bangladesh, Egypt, Indonesia, Iran, Malaysia, Pakistan and Turkey. Mr. M. Kemal Büyükmıhçı, General Director of ...

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Akenerji, one of the leading Turkish private energy companies, will have a chance to benefit from Polat Enerji’s wind turbine production capacity thanks to a protocol signed between the companies on Monday. Akenerji executives say they are eyeing new opportunities ...

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Indonesia has declared a two-year moratorium on clearing natural forests as part of a billion-dollar deal aimed at reviving efforts to fight climate change after the collapse of global talks in Copenhagen last year. The deal, signed Wednesday at a ...

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If al-Qaeda-linked terrorists thought they could drive foreign investors out of Indonesia, they didn’t reckon with the likes of Jim Castle. Seven years ago, Castle, a Michigan-born consultant for 100 multinational companies — including Citigroup Inc., Exxon Mobil Corp. and ...

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The Malaysian Government has said that from July this year, transit travellers from Bangladesh will not need a visa to enter the country, as reported by BERNAMA and The Star, Malaysia. The Star quoted the country’s Deputy Prime Minister, Muhyiddin ...

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Malaysia may sell more than $600 million of five-year Islamic bonds, the country’s first overseas debt offering in almost eight years, according to Barclays Capital as the prime minister officially launched the sale. The Southeast Asian nation started to market the ...

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Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday last week invited Malaysian entrepreneurs to invest in Bangladesh and take advantage of the existing favourable investment climate, as reported by Bangladeshi media source. The Prime Minister said this while addressing a roundtable ...

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