Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu will host the 18th meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the D-8.
The foreign ministers of the Organization of Developing Countries (D-8) will convene in Turkey’s Mediterranean resort city of Antalya on Saturday, Turkish Foreign Ministry said on Friday.
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu will host the 18th meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the D-8.
"During the meeting, the decisions taken at the Istanbul Summit in 2017 will be followed up and the ways of further strengthening cooperation among member states and more effective functioning of the D-8 will be reviewed," the ministry said in a statement.
On June 15, 1997, the D-8 was launched after Turkish Prime Minister Necmettin Erbakan proposed the creation of an economic group consisting of eight emerging economies from the Muslim world.
Alongside Turkey, Indonesia, Bangladesh, Egypt, Iran, Malaysia, Nigeria and Pakistan created an organization based in Istanbul.
Turkish Deputy Foreign Minister on Wednesday headed to the U.S. for high level talks with officials, diplomatic sources said Friday.Sedat Onal continues meetings with the U.S. officials, particularly with the U.S. State Department, on the bilateral relations and regional issues, especially Syria, said the Turkish sources who spoke on condition of anonymity due to restrictions on talking to the media.Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his U.S. counterpart Donald Trump on Thursday discussed bilateral issues, including the latest developments in Syria -- including Manbij and Idlib -- in a phone call.Turkey's Erdoğan, Trump talk bilateral, regional issuesThe phone call came after Turkish and U.S. troops began their first round of joint patrols in the northern Syrian city of Manbij, as part of a deal to rid the area of the YPG/PKK terrorist group.The Manbij deal between Turkey and the U.S. focuses on the withdrawal of YPG/PKK terrorists from the city to stabilize the region, which is in the northeast of northern Syria's Aleppo province. In its more than 30-year terror campaign against Turkey, the PKK -- listed as a terrorist organization by Turkey, the U.S. and the EU -- has been responsible for the death of some 40,000 people, including those of women and children. The YPG is its Syrian branch.
Turkish deputy foreign minister in US for talks
Turkey's benchmark stock index rose by 0.67 percent or 619.11 points to start the day at 93,006.52 points on Friday.The BIST banking and holding sector indexes increased 0.35 and 0.64 percent, respectively.All sector indices went up while the BIST basic metal sector index posted the best performance with a 1.8 percent rise.On Thursday, Borsa Istanbul's BIST 100 index rose 2.42 percent to close at 92,387.41 points with a trading volume of 6.78 billion liras ($1.22 billion).Turkey issues arrest warrants for 50 FETÖ suspectsThe U.S. dollar/Turkish lira exchange rate slipped to 5.5050 as of 9.30 a.m. local time (0630GMT), compared with Thursday's closing rate of 5.5560.The euro/lira rate was 6.2860, versus 6.3500 at the previous close, while one British pound traded for 7.1680 Turkish liras, and the GBP/TRY was 7.1900 at Thursday's close.The price of Brent oil was $73.09 per barrel as of 10.00 a.m. local time (0700GMT) Friday, up from around $66 at the beginning of this year.
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