Dr. Seyed AliMohammad Mousavi, the D-8 Secretary-General, called on Mr. Sikandar Hayat Khan Bosan on 06 March 2015 at the latter’s office in the Ministry of National Food Security and Research in Islamabad.

The two interlocutors held a very fruitful and effective discussion in a cordial environment. Dr. Mousavi informed the Minister of the latest developments taking place within the Organization and conveyed that the Secretariat was working in full swing to implement the vision set by the Organization’s leaders. He updated the Minister with the outcome of recently held 5th Agricultural Ministerial Meeting in Istanbul and conveyed that the ‘Istanbul Initiative’ adopted in the Ministerial plenary outlined short and long term goals and strategies the D-8 Organization would pursue in order to achieve its objectives. He added that the Task Forces and Senior Officials must continue with their untiring efforts till the next Ministerial session. 

He sought his support in furthering common agenda to consolidate the partnership among the Member States. 

Minister Bosan warmly appreciated the Secretary-General and assured him of all cooperation. He informed him of the latest policy developments within Pakistan and shared some success stories in different sub-sectors of Agricultural production and export. He mentioned that Pakistan had a great potential to tap into in terms of agricultural production and expressed keen interest in expanding the cooperation within the framework of D-8. He also assured the Secretary-General of his utmost positive consideration on the next Ministerial session. He suggested that the next Ministerial meeting should elaborately discuss, inter alia, food security and food safety framework within the D-8.