Echo meeting; An opportunity to flourish the capacities of Khorasan Razavi – Mehr news agency RCO News Agency

Mehr News Agency of the Provinces Group: The global trend towards a developme model based on free economy and increasing exports has provided the basis for increasing commercial and industrial cooperation of regional and extra-regional couries in line with their economic and social developme.

Regional Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) is one of these organizations that was established in 1985 with the aim of strengthening cooperation and economic developme of member couries.

Eko who is the inheritor of the Regional Civil Organization (R. C. d) Relying on the cultural, geographical, historical, economic and political factors of the couries of the region, it has provided the basis for regional cooperation of 10 couries of Iran, Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Turkey and Uzbekistan; Couries with more than eight million square meters of area and half a billion people have a special position.

The ECO organization, which is known as an importa institution in the Asia-Pacific region, tries to play an effective role in facilitating trade and economic cooperation among these couries, which, in addition to access to several waterways and iernational seas, have rich oil and gas resources.

Creating and expanding commercial and economic relations between member couries, planning and implemeing joi projects in the field of transportation, energy and communication, striving for economic and political iegration between member couries and developing cooperation in cultural and social fields in order to increase mutual understanding, among other goals. The main organization is Eco.

ECO couries, which provide the cheapest and fastest transportation route between East and West of the world, with a gross domestic product of 1.8 trillion dollars, have left a rare opportunity for the developme of economic infrastructure in the region.

In addition to having three official borders, Razavi Khorasan provinceDougharonfern and Schmittig“With the couries of West and Northeast Asia, as a special transit passage, it plays an importa role in accessing the markets of Ceral Asia, developing trade, expanding infrastructure, attracting investme and creating jobs.

This privileged position, along with the tourism, industrial, etc. capacities of Razavi Khorasan Province, is a suitable and special opportunity to increase communication and cooperation with ECO organization member couries and strengthen trade.

holding the ECO Summit; An opportunity to iroduce the capacities of Razavi Khorasan province

The head of the represeative office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the Northeast region said: “The holding of the 28th meeting of foreign ministers is an opportunity for Mashhad and Razavi Khorasan to iroduce the economic, cultural and tourism capacities of this province and metropolis to the couries prese at this meeting.”

Ahmadreza Masoumi stated that our approach is to host this eve in an all-round way and stated: Accordingly, on the sidelines of the ECO Foreign Affairs Ministers’ Summit, a small exhibition of knowledge-based and emerging capabilities and technologies has also been held in Razavi Khorasan province.

He stated that in this meeting, in addition to foreign ministers, ambassadors and delegations of 10 member couries, the Secretary General and represeatives of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), the Secretary General and a represeative of the Group of Eight Islamic Couries (D8) and represeatives of some other regional and iernational agreemes are also prese, he poied out: the Council of Ministers, as the most importa pillar of decision-making in ECO, has not held a ministerial-level meeting in a city other than the capital, and cultural capacities Mashhadal Reza (A) The secretariat of the eve encouraged this city to be given the opportunity to host.

Should have an eco-trade agreeme Update to do

At the 28th meeting of the foreign ministers of the ECO member couries, the Secretary General of ECO stated that we should change ECO with its poteial for our people and stated: After various negotiations, we approved a docume 17 years ago.

Asad Majid Khan, emphasizing that we should create cohesion in the region through economic activities, stated: We should impleme the ECO trade agreeme. Update and I ask all ECO member couries to join this process because we in the couries of the region need a competitive economy.

He added: The stateme of the Mashhad summit, which will be approved by the foreign ministers of the member couries, has a forward-looking approach, and it emphasizes the expansion of regional cohesion, as well as the efforts to develop infrastructure connections and greater connectivity among members.

The Secretary General of ECO stated: We thank the Islamic Republic of Iran for its excelle hosting and the very good arrangemes it made for holding this summit.

Stating that all members have religious, geographical, cultural and economic ties, Asad Majid Khan added: Despite all this, we still have not been able to create a good and dece unity among ourselves.

He stated: 17 years ago, a docume was approved, which half of the members have joined so far, and one of our challenges in achieving organizational goals is that the meetings are not held on time due to the lack of a host, and we hope that the members will pay more atteion in this regard. to be

The general secretary of ECO coinued: We hope that we can create more coherence through the developme of economic activities, as well as update the ECO trade agreeme and conduct a good review of foreign trade.

Asad Majid Khan added: In this regard, we need consultation among our experts, we need to ideify the limitations by holding meetings. To hold trade fairs and meetings in the region. Regular dialogues should be held between ECO member ministers of economy and a cohere mechanism should be established in order to overcome the problems.

He stated that we must develop connections and communication ways in the eco region, adding: We must follow the transportation process in this region digitally.

The Secretary General of ECO stated: There are various challenges regarding security and financing, and methods must be found and closely coordinated with regional and iernational partners and institutions. iernational Let’s communicate. Get financing from banks and create a good transportation network.

Asad Majid Khan added: We need a regional framework to deal with natural disasters. Dealing with climate threats, ice melting and deforestation requires closer regional cooperation and the releva ministers have not met for 10 years.

Stating that we have initiatives that require the atteion and support of ministers, he said: Tourism is one of the importa tools to connect the people of the region. The subject of eco-tourism capital shows our efforts in this field and emphasis on the historical, cultural and geographical role of cities and capitals.

Asad Majid Khan said: “Strengthening cooperation is one of our main goals and it is a witness.” size The new one has been approved for after 2025.

He added: It is necessary to strengthen the partnership between the secretariat and the ECO presidency, and visiting the secretariat should be included in the delegation’s itinerary. The secretariat is committed to the members, and despite the financial restrictions that have had a great impact on the activities, as the secretary general, we are committed to increasing transparency and dialogue among the members.

Khorasan Razavi borders with some ECO member couries

The head of Foreign Trade Departme of the General Departme of Industry, Mining and Trade of Khorasan Razavi stated that transit and transportation are one of the objectives of the ECO Treaty and stated: Iran’s strategic position and access to the waters of the Persian Gulf have doubled the importance of transit and transportation.

Muhammad Ali Amir Fakhrian Stating that Razavi Khorasan is known as the gateway to Ceral Asia, he clarified: Most of the member couries of the ECO organization are in Ceral Asia, and Khorasan Razavi shares a common border with several couries, including Afghanistan and Pakistan. Also, this province is a very convenie connection to the couries of Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan.

Referring to the special importance of Razavi Khorasan in the field of transit, he noted: the geographical location of this province has created irreplaceable capacities for the developme of the coury.

The head of the foreign trade departme of the general departme of industry, mining and trade of Khorasan Razavi coinued: the location of Khorasan Razavi and the right decision made by the officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the venue of this meeting show the importance of this province for the couries of the region, and it is possible to conduct economic and transit transactions. This meeting strengthened and facilitated.

Amir Fakhrian Stating that several programs have been considered in order to advance the economy of the province, he added: One of the effective measures was holding an exhibition of the economic capabilities of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Afghanistan and Turkmenistan in early November in Mashhad, and the first eve after ECO was the sending of a number of One of the economic actors of the province is Herat, Afghanistan, which will be done with the ceer of the province’s industry, mining and trade ceer.

Referring to the capacities of Razavi Khorasan province in the field of tourism, he said: Focusing on the field of tourism can increase iernational travel, which is importa, will reduce the cost of businessmen, and on the other hand, businessmen and businessmen will benefit from the mutual capacities of Iran and the couries of Ceral Asia. will iroduce