SHUSHA, Azerbaijan: The Foreign Minister Jalil Abbasi Jilani held a bilateral meeting with his Uzbek Counterpart Bakhtiyor Saidov in Azerbaijan’s Shusha City.
The meeting was held on the sidelines of the 27th Meeting of the Council of Ministers (COM) of the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) held in Shusha from October 9-10, 2023.
During the meeting, they exchanged views on Pakistan-Uzbekistan bilateral relations, and other issues of mutual interest.
Jilani was in Azerbaijan will address the ECO Council of Foreign Ministers and hold bilateral meetings with participating ministers of Member States and other dignitaries on the sidelines of the event.
As the policy-making forum of the ECO, the Council of Ministers approves the decisions and annual work plan of the Organization.
FM @JalilJilani has arrived in #Shusha, Azerbaijan to attend the 27th meeting of the ECO Council of Foreign Ministers.
📸 Group Photo with Heads of Delegations. pic.twitter.com/EpYRL49pWk
— Spokesperson 🇵🇰 MoFA (@ForeignOfficePk) October 10, 2023
At the 27th COM, the Member States will discuss the promotion of sustainable economic development of the ECO region through trade and economic cooperation and mutual assistance in social, cultural, technical and scientific fields.
The Theme of this year’s event is “Green Transition and Interconnectivity”.
As a founding member, Pakistan remains strongly committed to ECO’s aims and objectives and has remained at the forefront of all major ECO initiatives/agreements such as the ECO Trade Agreement (ECOTA) and the ECO Transit Transport Framework Agreement (ECOTTFA).