Indonesia's Prabowo Heads to Egypt for D-8 Economic Summit

PRABOWO SUBIANTO - JAKARTA. Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto headed to Egypt on Tuesday to attend meetings of a group of eight major Muslim developing countries, known as the D-8 Organization for Economic Cooperation, the government said.

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The D-8, which groups Bangladesh, Egypt, Indonesia, Iran, Malaysia, Nigeria, Pakistan and Turkey, was established in 1997 to improve cooperation between the countries stretching from Southeast Asia to Africa. Indonesia will chair the grouping starting in January 2026.