D-8 Summit

While the developed nations are having their G-8 summit in Japan, there is a D-8 summit here in Kuala Lumpur. D-8 comprises eight developing Muslim nations -- Bangladesh, Egypt, Indonesia, Iran, Malaysia, Nigeria, Pakistan and Turkey. It was set up in 1997 as an economic alliance with the objective of improving the position of Muslim developing countries in the global world economy through the diversification of their economies by creating new opportunities via increased trade relations. In the process, they hope to improve the standard of living of their people.

Indonesia send in a Garuda A330 as the presidential plane, while Iran and Pakistan send in their VIP aircraft as well.

Pakistani A310.

Iranian B707.

As usual I am not interested in the meeting itself, but those aircraft are rare indeed.