(Turkmenbashi, Turkmenistan) The ninth meeting of the Ministers of Transport of the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) was held on May 3, 2018 to discuss the regulatory and operational requirements for improving the existing transport infrastructure of the region.

(Turkmenbashi, Turkmenistan) The integration of operational networks between maritime, railways, and roads enables the ECO region to take on a quantum leap as all necessary resources are embedded in the Great Silk Road, says the Secretary General of the Economic Cooperation Organzation, Halil Ibrahim Akca.

(Mahmoudabad, Iran) The ECO Training Course on Metering and Proving was held on 1-2 May 2018 in the Northern Iranian city of Mahmoudabad. The event, organized by Iran’s National Oil and Gas Company (NIOC) and its Oil and Gas International Training Center (OGITC) gathered representatives from Azerbaijan, Islamic Republic of Iran, the Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan and Turkey,who engaged in intensive discussion and activity on Metering and Proving in the oil and Gas industry.

(Zanjan, Iran) The Fourth International Economic Cooperation Organization -Silk Road Food Festival was held on 1-3 May 2018, in the northwestern Iranian city of Zanjan. The annual festival, hosted by Zanjan Provincial Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization and organized in cooperation with ECO Secretariat, seeks to celebrate the flavors and gastronomy of the region.

A delegation from the ECO Secretariat, headed by the Organization’s Secretary General, Ibrahim Halil Akca, participated in the inauguration ceremony for the “Tabriz 2018” event which celebrated the selection of Iran’s northwestern city of Tabriz as the capital of Islamic tourism in 2018.

(Istanbul, Turkey): A delegation of the Secretariat of the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) participated in the Senior Officials Meeting (SOM) of the Heart of Asia-Istanbul Process on Thursday April 19, in Istanbul.

On the sidelines of the 23rd Economic Cooperation Organizations (ECO) Council of Ministers Meeting a bilateral meeting between H.E. Mr. Emomali Rahmon, President of the Republic of Tajikistan and H.E. Mr. Halil İbrahim Akça, ECO Secretary General was held on 16 April 2018 in Dushanbe, Tajikistan.

A bilateral meeting between H.E. Mr. Halil Ibrahim Akca, ECO Secretary General and H.E. Mr. Rashid Meredov, Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan was held on 17 April 2017 on the margins of the 23rd ECO Council of Ministers Meeting in Dushanbe, Tajikistan.

A bilateral meeting between H.E. Secretary General Halil Ibrahim Akca and H.E. Kudret Ozarsay, the Honorable Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkish Cypriot State, was held on 17 April 2018 on the margins of the 23rd ECO Council of Ministers Meeting, in Dushanbe.

A bilateral meeting between H.E. Mr. Halil Ibrahim Akca and H.E. Mr Abdujabar. Abduvakhitov, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Uzbekistan was held on 17 April 2017 on the margins of the 23rd ECO Council of Ministers Meeting. Dr. Hadi Soleimanpour, ECO Deputy Secretary General, also attended the meeting.