Sari, the capital city of the Mazandaran Province of the Islamic Republic of Iran, was declared by ECO to be its Tourism Capital for 2022. The occasion, organized on May 10, 2022, was graced by the presence of the Governor General of the Mazandaran Province, ambassadors and other diplomats based in Iran, Secretary General of the ECO and his relevant staff as well as the heads of Iranian Tourism Business Associations. During the event, the ways and means to develop and expand the ECO cooperation in tourism industry, especially in the post-COVID scenario, were explored.

On behalf of the ECO Secretariat, Deputy Secretary General, Dr. Huseyin Avni Bicakli, participated in the high level segment of fifteenth session of the Conference of the Parties (COP15) of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), taken place in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, during 9 to 11 May 2022.

The 2nd Meeting of the ECO Working Group on Civil Aviation was held virtually on 10th May, 2022 in Tehran which was jointly organized by the ECO Secretariat and the Civil Aviation Organization of the Islamic Republic of Iran.

The ECO Secretary General, Ambassador Khusrav Noziri received the Director General of the Islamic Organization for Food Security (IOFS), Mr. Yerlan Baidaulet on May 9, 2022. The interaction held at the ECO Secretariat was to bilaterally discuss the possible ECO-IOFS cooperation on agricultural and food security matters.

The Secretary General of the Economic Cooperation Organization, H.E. Ambassador Khusrav NOZIRI, met with the Ambassador of Kingdom of Thailand to Iran, H.E. Mr. Worawoot Pongprapapant, on 5th May, 2022 at the Royal Thai Embassy in Tehran. The Ambassador of Thailand extended a very warm welcome to the ECO Secretary General on visiting the Royal Thai Embassy.

A Virtual Meeting was held between the delegations of the UNCTAD and the ECO Secretariat, on April 28, 2022. The meeting was chaired by Mr. Zahid Hussain Abbasi, Director (Trade & Investment), ECO Secretariat. The UNCTAD delegation was headed by Ms. Chantal Dupasquier, Chief, Investment Policy Review Section.

On 27 April 2022 the 4th ECO Experts Group Meeting on Renewable Energy Sources was hosted virtually by the Ministry of Energy of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

On April 26, 2022, The Validation Meeting on the Projects in Minerals jointly organized by the Secretariat of Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) and the Geological Survey of Iran (GSI) and Experts from Tabriz University. The meeting was held virtually.

The 12th Meeting of High Level Working Group on Islamabad-Tehran-Istanbul (ITI) Train was held virtually on 25th April, 2022 in Tehran which was jointly organized by the ECO Secretariat and the Islamic Republic of Iran Railways (RAI).

The ECO Secretary General, H.E. Ambassador Khusrav Noziri received, in his office, the Ambassador of the Republic of Tajikistan to the Islamic Republic of Iran, as well as the country's Permanent Representative to ECO, H.E. Mr. Nizomiddin Zohidi.