During the first day, the reports of the organisation’s various institutions, its annual performance and its future course of action were reviewed, and key documents were given final shape, according to the report.
The reports and recommendations will be presented for approval on the second day of the meeting, while Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi will also take part in the session, the report said. Iran’s Foreign Ministry has said Araghchi is scheduled to participate in the 30th meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers on Monday.
The most important item on Monday’s agenda is the approval of the ECO Strategic Objectives 2035, which will replace ECO Vision 2025 as the organisation’s new strategic framework.
Under the new strategic objectives, future priorities will be set for promoting regional trade, economic ties and joint cooperation in various sectors among the ECO member states, according to the documents cited in the report.
Finalising the Islamabad Declaration and matters relating to the signing ceremony of the organisation’s various agreements will also come under discussion at the meeting.
Also on the agenda are the first report of the high-level committee of deputy foreign ministers, the budget for 2027 and the reappointment of ECO Science Foundation president Professor Syed Komail Tayebi for another three years.
On the second day, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar, as host and the current ECO chairman, will deliver the opening address, while Kazakhstan’s Foreign Minister Mukhtar Tileuberdi will speak in his capacity as the 2025 ECO chair.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi’s special participation will also be an important part of the meeting, while Turkiye’s Deputy Foreign Minister Musa Kulaklikaya is leading his country’s delegation.
Foreign ministers and heads of delegations of the other member states, ECO observers, representatives of international partner institutions and heads of the organisation’s subsidiary bodies are also attending the meeting.
Earlier on Sunday, a meeting of senior officials of the ECO member states was held, which reviewed the organisation’s overall performance, regional economic cooperation, future strategy and administrative and financial matters.
The two-day meeting is being held in Islamabad on 15 and 16 November. Pakistan holds the ECO chairmanship for 2026-27 under the theme “Reviving Regionalism for a Resilient ECO”, and the ten-member organisation promotes regional trade and economic development.
