Professor Muhammad Dr. Md. Yunus, the chief adviser to the interim government, has arrived in Cairo, the capital of Egypt, to attend the 11th D-8 Summit.
He landed at Cairo International Airport at 11 am local time on Wednesday (December 18).
The press wing of the chief adviser confirmed this information on Wednesday afternoon.
The press wing reported that Dr. Yunus was welcomed at the airport by Egypt's Minister of Public Business Sector, Mohammad Shimi. Later, the chief adviser also held a brief meeting with him.
Earlier, at 1:20 am on Tuesday (December 17), the flight carrying the chief adviser left Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport for Egypt.
On Tuesday afternoon, Abul Kalam Azad Majumdar, deputy press secretary of the chief adviser at the Foreign Service Academy, said that heads of government of several other countries besides Bangladesh will attend the D-8 Summit. These include representatives from Indonesia, Turkey, Pakistan, Malaysia's education ministers and a high-ranking official from Nigeria.
He also said that the theme of the D-8 summit to be held in Cairo is 'Investing in Youth and Supporting Small Medium Enterprises, Shaping Tomorrow's Economy'. This conference highlights the importance of the organization on youth and SME issues for the future economy. That is why the conference is very important for Bangladesh. The chief adviser is going there to work on the global conference with our youth. How Bangladesh can be used in the SME sector, those issues will be discussed here.
It is known that the D-8 Organization for Economic Cooperation, also known as Developing-8. The organization was established for mutual development cooperation between Bangladesh, Egypt, Indonesia, Iran, Malaysia, Nigeria, Pakistan and Turkey.
Dr. Yunus is supposed to hold meetings with Iranian President Masoud Pajhwok, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto, Pakistani Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, where he is scheduled to meet with Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif.