Dhaka summit for developing

Dhaka summit for developing

DHAKA (AFP): Five leaders have confirmed they will attend a
summit of eight developing nations in the Bangladesh capital from
March 1, a foreign ministry spokesman said here on Thursday.

Indonesian President B.J. Habibie, Malaysian Prime Minister
Mahathir Mohammad, Turkish President Suleyman Demirel, Iranian
President Mohammad Khatami and Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz
Sharif will join Bangladesh Premier Sheikh Hasina Wajed for the
two-day summit, he added.

Another official said it was unclear whether Egypt's President
Hosni Mubarak would attend the Development Eight (D-8) summit.

In his weekly press briefing, Bangladesh Foreign Minister
Abdus Samad Azad said about Egypt that "we are awaiting
confirmation who will participate... whether President Mubarak
or the head of government."