Iranian FM leaves for Turkey to attend D-8 meeting

TEHRAN, Nov. 2 (Xinhua) -- Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif left on Friday for the Turkey's city of Antalya to attend a meeting of the D-8 Organization for Economic Cooperation, state news agency IRNA reported.

Zarif is heading a high ranking delegation to the D-8 council of ministerial meeting, it said.

The D-8, also known as Developing-8, is an organization for development cooperation among Bangladesh, Egypt, Nigeria, Indonesia, Iran, Malaysia, Pakistan, and Turkey.