President thanks D-8 leaders for their active participation in summit

Islamabad: The eight Developing countries summit concluded here at Aiwan-e-Sadr on Thursday evening with signing of its charter, and adoption of text of Global Vision document and Islamabad Declaration 2012.

President Asif Ali Zardari who assumed the chairmanship of the D-8 summit for the next two years in his concluding remarks, expressed the confidence that the follow up of the collective decisions of the summit would lead D-8 family to new heights of progress in the months and years ahead.

The President while assuring full support and cooperation from Pakistan as its new chairman in next two years, thanked all the leaders of the D-8 for their participation in this summit in Islamabad.

Earlier, the Charter of D-8 was signed by the Foreign Ministers of the D-8 members while the leaders of their countries witnessed the ceremony.