PM reaffirms Pakistan’s support to ECO in boosting intra-regional trade

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday reaffirmed his commitment that Pakistan would continue to lend its full support to the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) in enhancing intra-regional trade among ECO countries as well as on the ECO reforms agenda.

He was talking to Secretary General of the Economic Cooperation Organization Ambassador Khusrav Noziri, who called on him at the PM House.

The prime minister highlighted the significance of the ‘ECO Vision 2025’, signed during the 2017 ECO Summit in Islamabad under then prime minister Nawaz Sharif, as an important document for the organisation, the official news agency reported.

The outgoing secretary general apprised the prime minister of the ECO’s initiatives and activities as well as his reform agenda to revitalise the ECO during his tenure.

Prime Minister Shehbaz appreciated the secretary general’s efforts and contributions to promote the ECO as a regional platform for cooperation and extended best wishes for his future endeavours.

He noted with pleasure that Ambassador Noziri was a graduate of Pakistan’s Foreign Service Academy. The prime minister also conveyed his warm wishes for President Emomali Rahmon, President of Tajikistan.

The prime minister also stated that Pakistan was proud that the incoming ECO secretary general would be Dr Asad Majeed Khan, the former foreign secretary of Pakistan.

The secretary general conveyed his gratitude for Pakistan’s consistent support to him during his tenure as the ECO secretary general.