11th D-8 Organization for Economic Cooperation meeting held in Egypt

The 11th summit meeting of the Developing Eight (D-8) Organization for Economic Cooperation was held in the New Administrative Capital of Egypt on 19 December 2024. The New Administrative Capital of Egypt is being built on the outskirts of the present capital city of Cairo, and it is intended to be the new capital of Egypt.

The 10th summit meeting of D-8 countries was held in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on 8th April 2021.

Egypt assumed the rotating presidency of the D-8 groups from Bangladesh.

Indonesia will host the 12th D-8 summit meeting in 2025.

D-8 is a group of eight Islamic countries 

Theme of the 11th D-8 Summit Meeting 

The theme of the 11th D-8 Summit meeting was “Investing in Youth and Supporting Small and Medium Enterprises: Towards Shaping the Economy of Tomorrow.”

Who inaugurated the 11th D-8 Summit Meeting? 

The Egyptian government hosted the 11th D-8 Summit Meeting and it was inaugurated by the Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi.

Who attended the 11th D-8 Summit Meeting?

The D-8 Summit Meeting was attended by the leaders of the eight-member countries and other leaders, notably. Turkiye President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif, Bangladesh's head of interim government, Muhammed Yunus,  and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian.

After 11 years, an Iranian President visited Egypt.

A special session was organised during the summit to discuss the situation in Palestine and Lebanon.

The Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati were invited to the summit meeting. 

About D-8 Organization for Economic Cooperation 

The D-8 Organization for Economic Cooperation is a multilateral forum of 8 Islamic countries - Egypt, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Malaysia, Nigeria, Iran, Pakistan and Turkiye.

It was officially set up in June 1997 at the summit meeting of the Heads of State/Government of the eight countries in Istanbul, Turkiye.

The  D-8 Organization for Economic Cooperation was formed to further economic cooperation amongst the member states so as to improve member states’ position in the global economy and also to enhance participation in decision-making at the international level.

It also aims to diversify and create new opportunities in trade relations amongst the meber countries and improve the standards of living of their citizens.

Headquarters: Istanbul, Turkiye.

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