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Baku, Azerbaijan, Oct. 20
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The 9th Summit of the Developing Eight Organization for Economic Cooperation (D-8) under the motto "Expanding Opportunities through Cooperation" kicked off in Istanbul Oct 9.
President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev is attending the Summit as a special guest at the invitation of President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Prior to the Summit a joint photo was taken.
The Summit started with the recitation of ayahs from Holy Quran.