Tunis, Muharram 14, 1439 H., October 04, 2017, SPA -- Tunisian minister of development and investment Ziad Al-Azari met here today with Ghassan Al-Baba, Secretary General of Jeddah-based Islamic Development Bank who is currently visiting Tunisia. In a statement following the meeting, the Tunisian minister of development and investment said the meeting discussed preparations for the annual meetings of the IDB, scheduled to be hosted by Tunis in April 2018 in the attendance of nearly 1000 participants from all Islamic countries and representatives of regional and international financial institutions and a host of businessmen and women in addition to 56 economic, financial and international cooperation ministers, in their capacity as governors of central banks of their countries. --SPA 17:11 LOCAL TIME 14:11 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w504534