Adviser to the Prime Minister on National Security and Foreign Affairs, Mr. Sartaj Aziz Chaired a Special Session of the D-8 Council of Ministers today on the sidelines of the 69th session of the UN General Assembly in New York. This is for the first time in the history of the D-8 that such a session was convened in New York.
The Special Session was held in the backdrop of the organization’s bid to obtain Observer Status at the UN and was attended by the Foreign Ministers of Indonesia, Turkey, Nigeria and Bangladesh as well as senior officials from the other D-8 members.
In his remarks, the Adviser to the Prime Minister on National Security and Foreign Affairs said that D-8 as an organization had matured very fast and was expanding outreach and visibility in line with the Global Vision for the future that was adopted in Islamabad in November 2012 on the occasion of the D-8 Summit.
The D-8 Ministers welcomed the holding of the meeting on the side-lines of the UN GA session and supported the efforts for achieving Observer Status at the UN.
