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Council of Foreign Ministers of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) 2023

Edition: 49th

Dates: 16-17 March

Venue: Nouakchott, Mauritania

Representor of Pakistan: Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari

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6th East Asia Summit Education Minister's Meeting held on 14 October 2022 in Hanoi, Vietnam.

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The first ever meeting of defence ministers of Group of Seven (G7) held in Italy.

Italian Defence Minister Guido Crosetto hosted this meeting.

This meeting held in October 2024.

Additional Information:

G7, group of seven is an organization. 

Founded in 1975

G7 has Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, UK & USA as its members. 

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Arab League summit 2023

Edition: 32

Venue: Jeddah, Saudi Arabia 

Date: 19 May 2023

Presided over by: Muhammad bin Salman 

Participants: 22

The Arab League is a regional organization in the Arab World 

Founded: March 22, 1945

Headquarters located in Cairo, Egypt

Members: 22 

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• The Global Food Regulators Summit 2023 is being organized in New Delhi, India for the first time, as a G20 event.
• G20 (group of twenty) is an intergovernmental forum comprising 19 countries and the European Union.
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Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain and Egypt agreed in January at a summit in Saudi's AlUla to restore diplomatic, trade and travel ties with Doha, which had been severed in 2017 over accusations that Qatar supported terrorism, a charge it denies.

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About G20 summit 2024

Venue: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Dates: 18-19 November 2024

Theme: Building a just world and a sustainable planet

Additional information:

G20, Group of the Twenty, is a global organization

G20 was founded in 1999

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About D-8 summit held in December 2024

Edition: 11th 

Venue: Egypt 

D-8 is the economic group of nine Muslim countries

The D-8 is an organization of nine Developing countries:

Short trick to learn D-8 BETii - MNP

1. Bangladesh
   
2. Egypt
3. Indonesia
4. Iran
5. Malaysia
6. Nigeria
7. Pakistan
8. Turkey
9. Azerbaijan

India is not a member of the D-8 

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The D-8 Organization for Economic Cooperation, also known as Developing-8

The D-8 Organization for Economic Cooperation Headquarters: İstanbul, Türkiye

D8 was Established in Istanbul in 1997.

The Founder of D-8 Organization for Economic Cooperation: Necmettin Erbakan

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About G20 summit 2023

Venue: New Delhi, India 

IMEC was formed during this summit.

IMEC stands for India- Middle East Europe Corridor

IMEC is envisioned as a network of transport corridors 

Indian PM Narendra Modi used nameplate: Bharat

Indian PM Narendra Modi handed over presidency to: Brazil

New member: African Union 

G20 new name: G21

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• INDONESIA hosted a multilateral naval exercise Komodo (MNEK) 2023 in its waters from June 5-8, 2023.
• Thirty-six countries including the US, UK, China, India, Japan, Pakistan, Russia and South Korea participated in the three-day military drill.
• The world’s biggest archipelago conducted a large-scale non-war exercise amid simmering tension in the Asia-Pacific region.