Taskforces meet ahead of ECO Istanbul summit
ISTANBUL – A meeting of the working groups is being held in Istanbul on the eve of the 11th summit of the heads of state of the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) member countries slated for Thursday.
In the two-day meeting representatives of the member countries have to prepare the draft agenda of summit and final declaration.
Turkish President Abdullah Gul and foreign minister Ahmet Davutoglu will have bilateral meetings with the heads of state and government. On Wednesday, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan will give dinner in honor of the guests.
Turkey is expected to get ECO presidency during the summit.
ECO was founded in 1985 on the initiative of Turkey, Iran and Pakistan. In 1992 Azerbaijan, Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan became ECO members.
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