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KUWAIT -- Palestinian Ambassador to Kuwait Rami Tahboub said on Friday the speech by National Assembly Marzouq Al-Ghanim, at the 137th Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Assembly, Saint Petersburg, Russia, represents the conscious of all Arab countries. (Issued at 11:28 a.m. local-time 08:28 GMT)
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BRUSSELS -- The European Union will co-host the upcoming Pledging Conference on the Rohingya Refugee Crisis, with the State of Kuwait, in Geneva on 23 October, along with the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR). (Issued at 09:38 a.m. local-time 06:38 GMT)
ISTANBUL -- The scheduled ninth summit of the Developing 8 (D-8), themed "Expanding Opportunities through Cooperation," kicked off on Friday, marking the 20th anniversary of the organization. (Issued at 02:02 p.m. local-time 11:02 GMT)
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