Bangladesh: Dhaka hosts D-8 ministerial conference on July 27

DHAKA, 25 July 2022, (TON): The 20th session of the Council of Ministers of Developing-8 known as D-8 will be held in Dhaka on July 27 with issues, including food and energy, high on agenda.

Foreign minister AK Abdul Momen told ‘food security and energy security have now become global issues. These will be elaborately discussed in the D-8 ministerial conference as there is much scope of cooperation in these areas among the member countries.”

He said that the energy security was now globally discussed and so it would get importance at the conference expected to be inaugurated by the prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, virtually.

The foreign minister said that tourism was another issue, which would also be discussed.

He added “Egypt, Malaysia and Turkey are mature in tourism industry. We have scope to do more through cooperation.”

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