IRNA � Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad-Javad Zarif arrived in Antalya on Friday to attend the 18th Session of the D8 Council of Foreign Ministers.


The 18th session of the D8 Council of Foreign Ministers will be held in Turkey's Antalya province on November 3.

During the session, a number of issues, including the development of relations among the D8 member states, will be discussed.

The previous 17th session of the D8 Council was held in Istanbul in October 2017.

The 41st session of the D8 Commission was held in Istanbul from November 1 to 2 under the chairmanship of the Republic of Turkey. The commissioners and heads of delegation from all the D8 Member States took part in the two-day event.

The D-8 Organization for Economic Cooperation, also known as Developing-8, is an organization for development of co-operation among the following countries: Bangladesh, Egypt, Nigeria, Indonesia, Iran, Malaysia, Pakistan, and Turkey.