Iranian president arrives in Azerbaijan
Iran's president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arrived in the Azerbaijani
capital on Monday to participate in the Economic Cooperation
Organization (ECO) summit.
The summit will take place in Baku on October 16-17.
Iran's president afterwards will fly to Kuwait to take part in the
Asia Cooperation Dialogue (ACD) summit.
The ACD, an informal forum of foreign ministers from Asian
countries, was established in 2002 in Thailand to enhance mutual
cooperation in various sectors.
On Sunday, Iran's Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi arrived in Baku
to attend the meeting of the Council of Ministers of ECO.
The ministerial of ECO is scheduled to be followed by the 12th
Summit of Heads of State/Government of ECO.
ECO is an intergovernmental regional organization established in
1985 by Iran, Pakistan, and Turkey with the aim of promoting
economic, technical and cultural cooperation among member
states.
The organization was expanded in 1992 to include seven new members,
namely Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan,
Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.
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