DHAKA, Oct 22, 2023(BSS) - Foreign Secretary Masud Bin Momen today urged the D-8 Commissioners to adopt a Joint Declaration to express steadfast solidarity and support for the Palestinian People.
 
 He made the appeal while inaugurating the two-day meeting of the 47th Session of the D-8 Commission in Dhaka, a foreign ministry press release said here tonight.

 The D-8 Secretary-General Ambassador Isiaka Abdulqadir Imam, D-8 Commissioners from the D-8 Member States and Officials from the D-8 Secretariat are participating in the meeting.

 In his opening remarks, the foreign secretary reaffirmed Bangladesh's unwavering support for the Palestinian people's inalienable right to self-determination and a two-state solution based on the 1967 borders.
 
 Condemning the horrific atrocities against the innocent civilians in Gaza by the Israeli occupation forces, he called for an immediate cessation of violence in Gaza and provides humanitarian access to the conflict zones in order to save lives of the innocent civilians.
 
 The D-8 Commissioners and the D-8 Secretary-General echoed the proposal of Bangladesh and agreed to adopt a Joint Declaration at the 47th session of the D-8 Commission.
 
 Appreciating D-8's remarkable journey of 26 years as an economic bloc, Foreign Secretary further urged the D-8 Commissioners to deliver tangible outcomes of this economic cooperation by combining efforts of the Member States.
 
 Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina assumed the Chairmanship of the Developing-Eight Organization for Economic Cooperation (D-8) from the President of Turkiye on April 8 in 2021 at the 10th D-8 Summit.