Chief Adviser reaches Cairo to join D-8 Summit

Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus has arrived in Cairo, the capital city of Egypt, at 11 am local time on Wednesday to attend the D-8 Summit. 

Mohamed Shimi, the Minister of the Public Business Sector of the Arab Republic of Egypt, received him at Cairo International Airport, the Chief Adviser's Press Wing said.

Chief Adviser left Dhaka for Cairo on Tuesday night on a two-day state visit to attend D-8 Summit scheduled to be held on December 19. 

A flight of Emirates Airlines carrying the chief adviser and his entourage departed Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 1:20 am, CA Deputy Press Secretary Abul Kalam Azad Majumder told media.

The summit is being held under the theme "Investing in Youth and Supporting SMEs: Shaping Tomorrow's Economy."

Founded in 1997, the D-8 Organization for Economic Cooperation, known as Developing-8, was that promotes development cooperation among its member states.

The D-8 members are Bangladesh, Egypt, Indonesia, Iran, Malaysia, Nigeria, Pakistan, and Turkey.

The D-8 countries comprise about 14 percent of the global population.