TEHRAN (ECOIDEAL)- Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Legal and International Affairs Gholamhossein Dehqani underscored the importance of Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) in the establishment of security and stability in the region.
Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) is important for regional security and stability, Dehqani said, addressing the 25th informal meeting of the Council of ECO Foreign Ministers in New York late on Monday on the sidelines of the seventy-third session of the UNGA.
“This organization still is the best option for multilateral cooperation among regional countries,” he added.
Dehqani 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.
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), he said.
Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) is a regional economic organization founded by the Islamic Republic of Iran, Pakistan and Turkey in 1964.
After the collapse of Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), Afghanistan, Azerbaijan Republic, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan joined it.
Source: Farsnews