AFGHANISTAN HOSTS 17th MEETING OF ECO COUNCIL OF MINISTERS
Herat, Afghanistan hosted the 17th annual meeting of Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) Council of Ministers, Azerbaijan Embassy in Pakistan said.
Azerbaijan was represented by the Foreign Ministry delegation led by Deputy Minister Mahmud Mammadguliyev.
Addressing the meeting, Afghan President, Hamid Karzai, said his country is an important bridge between Central, Middle and South Asian states.
He called on ECO countries to cooperate in the spheres of trade, transport, industry, culture and agriculture.
He noted Afghanistan’s transport corridor is open for ECO member countries.
Mahmud Mammadguliyev made a speech at the opening ceremony and thanked the Afghan side and ECO secretariat for high-level organization of the meeting.
The chairmanship at the ECO Council of Ministers passed from Azerbaijan to Afghanistan.
Afghanistan’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Rangin Dadfar Spanta thanked Azerbaijan Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov, and highly appreciated Azerbaijan’s presidency at the ECO Council of Ministers during the past year.
The participants adopted the Herat Declaration.
Mammadguliyev met one-on-one with deputy foreign minister of Afghanistan Mohammad Kabir Farahi to discuss prospects of cooperation between the two countries in various fields.
On Sunday, the Azerbaijani delegation arrived in Kabul to meet Azerbaijani soldiers serving at the International Security Assistance Force.
Mammadguiliyev familiarized himself with the conditions of the Azerbaijani soldiers.
The Deputy Foreign Minister spoke about Azerbaijan`s economic achievements and growing international prestige.
Mammadguliyev also visited Azerbaijani companies and met with businessmen.
Azerbaijan`s permanent representative to ECO A. Hasanov, representative for Afghanistan at the Azerbaijani embassy in Pakistan I. Gafarov and official at the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry S. Ahmadov accompanied the delegation during the visit.
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