Pakistan's Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Makhdum Khusro Bakhtyar will represent Pakistan at the first meeting of the G-8, Broader Middle East and North Africa Forum for Future to be held in Rabat, Morocco, on December 10-11, an official statement said. Foreign ministers from the G-8, Middle East, North Africa, Turkey and Afghanistan will participate. Representatives of the Arab League, the Arab Maghreb Union, the Gulf Cooperation Council and the European Union will also attend the forum in addition to societal and business representatives. Dr Salman Shah, the Advisor to the Pakistan Prime Minister on Finance and Revenue, will participate in the economic segments of the forum. Issues on the meeting's agenda include democracy assistance, private enterprise development, micro-finance, civil society, investment task force, literacy initiatives and entrepreneurship and business training.
