Iranian President, Foreign Minister to Visit Egypt for D8 Meeting

Spokesperson for the Iranian Foreign Ministry Esmaeil Baqaei announced on Tuesday that Foreign Minister Araqchi will depart Tehran for Cairo this evening to attend a ministerial meeting of the D8 countries.

The spokesman said the Iranian foreign minister will join his counterparts from Turkey, Egypt, Pakistan, Indonesia, Nigeria, Malaysia and Bangladesh for a meeting on Wednesday to finalize the documents that will be mooted in the D8 summit on December 19.

Egypt is going to host the 48th D8 commission meeting, the 21st council of ministers meeting, and the 11th D8 Summit.

This year’s summit of the Developing Eight (D8) countries will be held under the theme "Investing in Youth and Supporting Small and Medium Enterprises: Shaping Tomorrow's Economy."

According to the Iranian Foreign Ministry’s spokesman, the D8 heads of state are planned to convene a special meeting on Thursday evening to address the situation in Palestine and Lebanon.