D 8 meeting starts in Nusa Dua Bali
May 15th, 2006
The D8 (Developing
confernce has begun in Nusa Dua, at the Westin resort. Indonesian President SBY opened the meeting with a welcoming speech, and assumed leadership of the conference. According to Antara News, security was tight, with vehicles being stopped 200 meters away from the hotel.
The D8 conference is designed to improve trade and co operation between Muslim nations in a similar state of development. The 8 nations are Indonesia, Iran, Turkey, Egypt, Malaysia, Nigeria, Bangladesh and Pakistan. Iran’s nuclear power generation is an issue that has grabbed the headlines, and promises to get attention here.
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