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Category: Secretariat

ECO Secretariat is located in Tehran, Iran. Professional and supporting staff from nationals of the Member States are working in the Secretariat. Temporary consultants/experts are also hired to fulfill special tasks and duties. The Secretariat is responsible to support membership and the Organization through secretariat services, including advocacy support for meetings and programmes. The Secretariat is also engaged in initiation, implementation and monitoring processes of the ECO regional projects and programmes. External relations of the ECO are also managed by the Secretariat.

3rd Meetings of ECO Ministers of Trade/Commerce (Istanbul, July 2005)

2nd Meetings of ECO Ministers of Trade/Commerce (Islamabad, July 2003)

1st Meetings of ECO Ministers of Trade/Commerce (Tehran, March 2000)

4th Meeting of ECO Ministers of Finance/Economy (Astana, May 2014)

SG Statements

ECO-IOM Workshop “Combating Trafficking in Persons and Human Smuggling in the ECO Region”, Tehran, ECO Secretariat, July 29, 2024 23rd Meeting of the BoG of ETDB High-Level Political Forum on […]

Deputy Secretary General (Trade & Investment and Agriculture & Industries (AI))

Dr. Behzad SABERI ANSARI (Iranian National) assumed the charge of the Deputy Secretary General (Trade & Investment, Agriculture & Industries (AI) and Transport & Communications) at the ECO Secretariat in […]

22nd COM meeting

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Research and Studies

Secretary General

H.E. Amb. Dr. Asad M. Khan (Pakistani national) is the ECO Secretary General. He is the 14th Secretary General of the ECO who started his tenure in August 2024.

Deputies Secretary General

The current bureaucratic structure of the ECO provides four positions of the Deputies Secretary General. The incumbents of the posts, deputed by relevant Member States, are assigned different portfolios in […]