On the invitation of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan H.E. Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi, the ECO Secretary General H.E. Amb. Khusrav Noziri visited Pakistan to participate in the 17th Extraordinary Session of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation`s Council of Foreign Ministers (OIC-CFM) Meeting, held on December 19, 2021 in Islamabad.

Ambassador Khusraw Noziri, Secretary General of ECO participated at the 4th UNESCAP Ministerial Conference on Transport held virtually on 16 December 2021.

On 14 December 2021 the 32nd Meeting of Energy Charter Conference was held virtually and hosted by the Republic of Armenia. ECO has been an observer in the Energy Charter since 2017. At the meeting, among other issues, report for 2021 and Future Outlook by the Secretary General, Reports of the Subsidiary and Working Groups of the Conference and the Industry Advisory Panel were presented. Also was discussed the modernization of the Energy Charter Treaty.

The First ECO Senior Officials/Heads Meeting for Disaster Insurance Authorities and Training Workshop on Disaster Risk Transfer through Insurance were held virtually on December 13-14 December via virtual means.

The Meeting also conferred on the “Joint ECO\ IRU Report on the ITI Project” and advised on implementing the recommendations of the Report to facilitate and commercialize the Corridor.

The ECO Secretary General, H.E. Mr. Khusrav Noziri, received the President of ECO Cultural Institute (ECI), H.E. Mr. Sarvar Bakhti, on December 14, 2021.

On December 14-16, 2021 The Ministry of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change of the Republic of Turkey hosted the Workshop on Development of Project to Combat Desertification in the ECO region – ECO LandCare in collaboration with ECO Secretariat. Three days event brought up cooperative platform to review latest situation on land degradation with particular emphasis to desertification, sand storms and dust haze in ECO Member States. The participants delivered country presentations with current problems in land use and solutions that have been particularly exploited to tackle with environmental and anthropogenic challenges. The regional offices of UN Convention to Combat Desertification and Food and Agricultural Organization also took part in discussions along with latest activities in the region.

On December 14-16, 2021 The Ministry of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change of the Republic of Turkey hosted the Workshop on Development of Project to Combat Desertification in the ECO region – ECO LandCare in collaboration with ECO Secretariat. Three days event brought up cooperative platform to review latest situation on land degradation with particular emphasis to desertification, sand storms and dust haze in ECO Member States. The participants delivered country presentations with current problems in land use and solutions that have been particularly exploited to tackle with environmental and anthropogenic challenges. The regional offices of UN Convention to Combat Desertification and Food and Agricultural Organization also took part in discussions along with latest activities in the region.

The ECO Secretariat held the ECO Award distribution ceremony on December 13, 2021 at its premises. The ceremony was organized to acknowledge and award one of the winners of the ECO Award 2021, Dr. Ms. Mitra Rahnejat for her magnificent achievement in the field of Economics.

On the sidelines of the Peace and Trust Conference held on 11 December, 2021 in Ashgabat, the Secretary General of the ECO, H.E. Amb. Khusrav Noziri, was received by H.E. Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, the President of Turkmenistan. At the very outset, the Secretary General congratulated the President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov on successful organization of the Peace and Trust Conference.