Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi arrived in Baku on Monday morning to attend the 20th ministerial meeting of the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO).
During his address to the regional bloc, Salehi expressed the hope that the outcomes of the foreign ministerial meeting and summit of ECO would serve the interests of the regional countries.
"Fortunately, the ECO experts during past two days have reached a consensus on different issues related to ECO," he said.
The ECO has 10 member-states at present time. Turkey, Republic of Azerbaijan, Islamic Republic of Iran, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan are member-states of ECO.
The Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) is an intergovernmental organization involving seven Asian and three Eurasian nations, part of the South-central Asian Union. It provides a platform to discuss ways to improve development and promote trade, and investment opportunities. The ECO is an ad hoc organization under the United Nations Charter (Chap. VIII). The common objective is to establish a single market for goods and services, much like the European Union. ECO's secretariat and cultural department are located in Tehran, its economic bureau is in Turkey and its scientific bureau is situated in Pakistan. The organization's population is 416,046,863 and the area is 8,620,697 km². The organization was founded by Turkey, Iran and Pakistan.
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Iran requested the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) focus its attention on safeguarding the interests of the regional states.
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