ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Caretaker Foreign Minister Jalil Abbas Jilani on Tuesday arrived in Shusha, Azerbaijan, to attend the 27th Meeting of the Council of Ministers of the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO).
Foreign Minister Jilani will address the Council of Ministers and hold bilateral meetings with participating ministers of member countries and other dignitaries on the sidelines of the event, the Foreign Office Spokesperson said in a press release.
At the 27th COM, the member countries will discuss the promotion of sustainable economic development of the ECO region through trade and economic cooperation and mutual assistance in cultural, technical, social, and scientific fields. The Theme of this year’s gathering is “Green Transition and Interconnectivity”.
As the policy-making forum of the ECO, the Council of Ministers approves the annual work plan and the decisions of the Organization.
Pakistan Founding Member of ECO
The spokesperson said that as a founding member, Pakistan remains strongly committed to ECO’s aims and objectives and has remained at the forefront of all major ECO initiatives and agreements, such as the ECO Trade Agreement and the ECO Transit Transport Framework Agreement.
