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Monday, 29 November 2021 (YJC)_ The 15th Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) Summit was held in Ashgabat to discuss three important issues: Afghanistan, transport and energy.
The 15th ECO Summit was chaired by Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov in Ashgabat.
The summit was attended by the leaders of Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkey and Uzbekistan.
In his speech at the summit, the President of Turkmenistan outlined the areas of cooperation within the framework of the organization:
The Turkmen side considers the holding of this forum an important event to strengthen cooperation in the economic, trade, investment, cultural and humanitarian fields, with good reasons.
The President of Turkmenistan separately mentioned the Turkmenistan-ECO talks, the successful development of friendly relations and good neighborliness with each of the member states of the Organization.
Berdymukhamedov noted the importance of expanding the field of transport and communications:
Turkmenistan considers the development of cooperation in the field of transport and energy to be one of ECO's priorities.
He mentioned:
Turkmenistan pays special attention to the activation of transport and transit communications on the east-west and south-north lines. In particular, we consider the creation of transport corridors "Uzbekistan-Turkmenistan-Iran-Oman" as well as "Afghanistan-Turkmenistan-Azerbaijan-Georgia-Turkey".
Berdymukhamedov stressed the importance of Afghanistan's participation in these processes, which will therefore become an active issue, a valuable and integral participant in economic participation in Afghanistan.
In this speech, "Khosrow Nazeri", the Secretary General of ECO, also emphasized: "The current meeting has become an effective platform for deciding on the thematic and key aspects of regional economic cooperation in the ECO space."
In a speech, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan called for the continuation of the struggle without any distinction between terrorist organizations.
On supporting Afghanistan, Erdogan said:
Afghanistan's economy must be revived to prevent a refugee crisis that will affect our entire region.
"The need for up-to-date and comprehensive trade," Uzbek President Shukat Mirziyoyev said at the summit.
We need to make the most of the significant potential of our countries, which have a large market with a population of 500 million.
The in-house agreement of this document should include issues of removing trade barriers, digitizing customs procedures, and introducing e-commerce.
The President of Uzbekistan proposed to declare 2022 the year of strengthening communication in ECO.
Mirziyoyev also invited participants to attend the next summit in Uzbekistan, which will chair ECO in 2022.
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