ECO, Best Option For Regional Cooperation
Sumaira FH Published September 25, 2018 | 07:25 PM
:Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Legal and International Affairs Gholamhossein Dehghani said that Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) is the best option for multilateral cooperation between regional countries.
ISLAMABAD, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 25th Sep, 2018 ) :Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Legal and International Affairs Gholamhossein Dehghani said that Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) is the best option for multilateral cooperation between regional countries.
He made the remarks at the 25th Informal Meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers of Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) held on the sidelines of the seventy-third session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), IRNA news reported.
Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) is a regional economic organization founded by the Islamic Republic of Iran, Pakistan and Turkey it in 1964.
After the collapse of Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), Afghanistan, Azerbaijan Republic, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan joined this organization.
He stressed the strategic significance of this regional treaty and called for the expansion and development of trade, business, economic and environmental cooperation among member states.
ECO is important for the regional security and stability, he said, adding, "this organization still is the best option for multilateral cooperation among regional countries."Environmental challenges, boosting level of trade and business cooperation between regional countries, progressing intra-regional communications in terms of road transport as well as enhancing energy network are of the main and basic priorities of the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO), Dehghani reiterated.
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