33rd session of D-8 Commission begins
PM's Advisor on National Security and Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz inaugurated the event.
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) - The two-day 33rd session of D-8 Commission began in Islamabad today.
Advisor on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz inaugurated it.
The meeting will review progress on intra-D-8 cooperation in several areas in the context of roadmap of cooperation from 2008 to 2018.
Pakistan is hosting the session in its capacity as the current head of D-8 Organization for Economic Development.
Delegates from Member countries‚ including Bangladesh‚ Egypt‚ Indonesia‚ Iran‚ Malaysia‚ Nigeria‚ Pakistan and Turkey‚ and D-8 Secretary General Dr. Syed Ali Mohammad Mousavi will attend the session.
The organization reflects combined population of one billion and a market of about one trillion dollars. The member countries envisage increasing intra D-8 trade to over five hundred billion dollars by 2018.
