Iranian President Back Home from D-8 Summit

9 July 2008

Tehran-President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad returned home early Wednesday morning from Malaysia where he attended the sixth Summit of leaders of the Eight Islamic Developing Countries (D-8).

During his two-day stay in the Malaysian capital, Kuala lumpur, President Ahmadinejad addressed the D-8 Summit and held separate meetings with senior officials of other participating countries.

The D-8 -- comprising Iran, Indonesia, Egypt, Malaysia, Turkey, Pakistan, Nigeria and Bangladesh -- represent about one billion people, or 14 percent of the world's population.

The theme of the sixth Summit was 'Meeting Challenges Through Innovative Cooperation'.

President Ahmadinejad also attended a press conference with Malaysian and foreign reporters and met with over 2,000 Iranians residing in Malaysia.

He was accompanied by Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki, Head of Tourism, Cultural Heritage and Handicraft Organization Esfandiar Rahim-Mashaei, Head of Tehran's City Council Mehdi Chamran and a number of other senior Iranian officials.