NIGERIA: Heads of state and ministers from D8 group of nations meet in Abuja to discuss developing business ties and reducing trade barriers

Record ID: 234671

  • Title: NIGERIA: Heads of state and ministers from D8 group of nations meet in Abuja to discuss developing business ties and reducing trade barriers
  • Date: 9th July 2010
  • Summary: ABUJA, NIGERIA (JULY 8, 2010) (REUTERS) ***CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** NIGERIAN PRESIDENT GOODLUCK JONATHAN GREETS IRANIAN PRESIDENT MAHMOUD AHMADINEJAD CLOSE VIEW OF JONATHAN AND AHMADINEJAD TOGETHER NIGERIAN PRESIDENT GOODLUCK JONATHAN GREETS EGYPTIAN PRIME MINISTER DR AHMED NAZIF CLOSE VIEW OF JONATHAN AND NAZIF SHAKING HANDS NIGERIAN PRESIDENT GOODLUCK JONATHAN GREETS TURKISH PRESIDENT ABDULLAH GUL CLOSE VIEW OF JONATHAN AND GUL TOGETHER NIGERIAN PRESIDENT GOODLUCK JONATHAN GREETS BANGLADESH PRIME MINISTER SHEIKH HASINA CLOSE VIEW OF JONATHAN AND HASINA TOGETHER WIDE OF SUMMIT MEDIUM VIEW OF LEADERS SITTING TOGETHER AT LONG TABLE VARIOUS OF SUMMIT DELEGATES SOUNDBITE (English) NIGERIAN PRESIDENT GOODLUCK JONATHAN SAYING: "It's an invitation to the D8 to reaffirm our commitments to the objectives and ideals contained in the Istanbul declaration and restated in Kuala Lumpur two years ago." CLOSE VIEW OF AHMADINEJAD AND NAZIF LISTENING CLOSE VIEW OF AHMADINEJAD CLOSE VIEW OF INDONESIA'S CO-ORDINATING MINISTER FOR ECONOMIC AFFAIRS, HATTA RAJASA CLOSE VIEW OF NAZIF MEDIUM VIEW OF LEADERS AT SUMMIT WIDE VIEW OF SUMMIT
  • Embargoed: 24th July 2010 13:00
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  • Location: Nigeria
  • Country: Nigeria
  • Reuters ID: LVAEAIF5MD2KBBQ6NV5GNGC1N789
  • Story Text: Eight developing Islamic economies are meeting in Nigeria aiming to reach a preferential trade agreement by next year to try to deepen economic co-operation.
    Heads of state and ministers from the D8 group of nations - Iran, Nigeria, Bangladesh, Egypt, Indonesia, Malaysia, Pakistan and Turkey are meeting in the Nigerian capital, Abuja, to discuss developing business ties and reducing trade barriers.
    "It's an invitation to the D8 to reaffirm our commitments to the objectives and ideals contained in the Istanbul declaration and restated in Kuala Lumpur two years ago," Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan told the summit.
    Trade between the D8 member nations is estimated to be around 68 billion U.S. dollars a year, or about three per cent of global trade.
    The D8 was created in 1997 in an effort to foster economic co-operation between developing Islamic nations but delegates said the grouping had so far failed to meet its potential because only Iran and Malaysia had ratified a trade agreement, the outlines of which were agreed several years ago.
    Other nations disagreed on which goods should be subject to reduced tariffs.
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