The Secretary General of the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO), H.E. Dr. Hadi Soleimanpour represented the ECO in the 1st Asia Pacific Innovation Forum (APIF) jointly organized by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) and the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran (Vice Presidency for Science and Technology) on 10-12 June 2019 in Tehran.

The Secretary General of the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO), H.E. Dr. Hadi Soleimanpour held a meeting with the Executive Secretary of United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and Pacific (UNESCAP), Ms. Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana on 11 June 2019 in Tehran on the sidelines of the 1st Asia Pacific Innovation Forum (APIF).

The delegation of the Iran's Institute of International Energy Studies (IIES), headed by Dr. Ali Mobini-Dehkordi, Managing Director of the Institute visited the ECO Secretariat on 3 June 2019 to have an ECO-IIES consultation meeting.

(Tehran, Iran) The Secretary General of the Economic Cooperation Organization, Dr. Hadi Soleimanpour met with the Iranian Foreign Minister, Dr. Mohammad Javad Zarif to discuss the issues of mutual interest, including connectivity and commerce in the region.

The Secretary General of the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO), H.E. Dr. Hadi Soleimanpour represented the ECO in the 5th World Forum on Intercultural Dialogue in Baku on 2nd of May 2019. The Forum was inaugurated by H.E. Mr. Ilham Aliyev, the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan.

ECO Secretariat participated in the 7th World Health Summit on 29-30 April, 2019, in Kish Island, I.R. Iran, upon the invitation sent by the Iranian authorities. The World Health Summit is the annual conference of the M8 Alliance of Academic Health Centers, Universities and National Academies. Through the InterAcademy Partnership (IAP) for Health, it is organized in collaboration with all National Academies of Medicine and Science.

A three member delegation of the European Commission's Directorate-General for International Cooperation and Development (DEVCO) and the European External Action Service (EEAS) led by Mr. Micha Ramakers, Deputy Head of Unit, Middle East, Central Asia and South Asia, DG-DEVCO, visited ECO Secretariat on 18 April 2019 for paving a way to strengthen cooperative relations between the two organizations.

The Fifth International ECO-Silk Road Food Festival was held in Zanjan, Iran on 18-21 April 2019 by hosting Zanjan Provincial “Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization”. This festival was attended by the ECO Member States and Silk Road members including Afghanistan, Austria, Croatia, Greece, Kazakhstan, Indonesia, Oman, Tajikistan, Turkey and Turkmenistan, as well as Commercial representatives of Russian. A sizeable number of local restaurants and handicrafts producers also showed up in the Event this year.

H.E. Mr. Mukhtar Tileuberdi, First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan accompanied by H.E. Mr. Ashgat Orazba, Ambassador of Kazakhstan in Tehran, visited the ECO Secretariat on 11 April 2019 to meet with the Secretary General of the ECO, H.E. Dr. Hadi Soleimanpour.

The inception meeting for the Study Project on Commercialization of Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan and Iran (KTI) Railway Corridor was held on 10 -11 April 2019 at the ECO Secretariat, Tehran. The meeting was attended by the delegations from the concerned authorities of the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Republic of Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan including private sector. Delegations from the Republic of Turkey and the Russian Federation also attended the meeting to share their expertise in running Europe-Asia corridors. The meeting was jointly organized by Islamic Development Bank (IsDB), United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and Pacific (UNESCAP), International Consultants and the ECO.