Economic Cooperation Organization#Member states

{{Short description|Asian political and economic intergovernmental organization}}

{{Infobox geopolitical organization

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| Azerbaijani: | {{lang|az|İqtisadi Əməkdaşlıq Təşkilatı}}

| Kazakh: | {{lang|kk|Экономикалық Ынтымақтастық Ұйымы ; Ekonomikalyq Yntymaqtastyq Ūiymy }}

| Kyrgyz: | {{lang|ky|Экономикалык Кызматташтык Уюму}}

| Pashto: |

| Persian: |

| Tajik: | {{lang|tg|Ташкилоти ҳамкории иқтисодӣ}}

| Turkish: | {{lang|tr|Ekonomik İşbirliği Teşkilatı}}

| Turkmen: | Ykdysady Hyzmatdaşlyk Guramasy

| Urdu: |

{{lang|ur|{{nq|اقتصادی تعاون تنظیم}}}}

| Uzbek: | {{lang|uz|Iqtisodiy Hamkorlik Tashkiloti}}

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| name = ECO

| conventional_long_name = Economic Cooperation Organization

| common_name = ECO

| linking_name = Asian

| symbol_type = Logo

| image_symbol = Economic Cooperation Organization logo.png

| image_map = Economic Cooperation Organization map.svg

| map_caption = Member states of the ECO

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| motto = "Sustainable socioeconomic development for the people of the region"

| official_languages = English

| membership_type = Member states

| membership = {{collapsible list

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|title = 10 members

|{{Flag|Afghanistan|2013}}{{efn|name=IEA|Since the return to power by the Afghan Taliban over the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan was not present at the 15th ECO summit held in November 2021.{{cite web|url=https://tolonews.com/node/175674 |title=Heads of State at ECO Summit Discuss Afghanistan Crisis |website=TOLOnews |date=29 November 2021 |accessdate=23 December 2021}}}}

|{{flagcountry|Azerbaijan}} |{{flagcountry|Iran}} |{{flagcountry|Kazakhstan}} |{{flagcountry|Kyrgyzstan}} |{{flagcountry|Pakistan}} |{{flagcountry|Tajikistan}} |{{flagcountry|Turkey}}| {{flagcountry|Turkmenistan}} |{{flagcountry|Uzbekistan}} |

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|title = 1 observer

|{{flagcountry|TRNC}} |

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| admin_center_type = Headquarters

| admin_center = Tehran, Iran

| largest_settlement_type = metropolis

| largest_settlement = Karachi

| leader_title1 = Secretary General

| leader_name1 = Asad Majeed Khan

| GDP_PPP = US$10 trillion{{Cite web | url=https://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2018/02/weodata/weorept.aspx?pr.x=42&pr.y=10&sy=2018&ey=2018&scsm=1&ssd=1&sort=subject&ds=.&br=1&c=512%2C912%2C564%2C923%2C429%2C186%2C925%2C916%2C927%2C917&s=NGDPD%2CPPPGDP%2CLP&grp=0&a= | title=Report for Selected Countries and Subjects}}

| GDP_PPP_per_capita = US$34,800

| GDP_PPP_rank =

| GDP_PPP_year = 2023

| GDP_nominal = US$3.8 trillion

| GDP_nominal_per_capita = US$15,000

| GDP_nominal_rank =

| GDP_nominal_year = 2023

| HDI = 0.781

| HDI_year = 2023

| currency = {{collapsible list

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|title = 10 currencies

|{{Nowrap|{{flagicon|Afghanistan|2013}} Afghani}} {{nowrap|(AFN)}}

|{{Nowrap|{{flagicon|Turkey}} Lira}} {{nowrap|(TRY)}}

|{{Nowrap|{{flagicon|Azerbaijan}} Manat}} {{nowrap|(AZN)}}

|{{Nowrap|{{flagicon|Turkmenistan}} Manat}} {{nowrap|(TMT)}}

|{{Nowrap|{{flagicon|Iran}} Rial}} {{nowrap|(IRR)}}

|{{Nowrap|{{flagicon|Pakistan}} Rupee}} {{nowrap|(PKR)}}

|{{Nowrap|{{flagicon|Kyrgyzstan}} Som}} {{nowrap|(KGS)}}

|{{Nowrap|{{flagicon|Uzbekistan}} Soum}} {{nowrap|(UZS)}}

|{{Nowrap|{{flagicon|Tajikistan}} Somoni}} {{nowrap|(TJS)}}

|{{Nowrap|{{flagicon|Kazakhstan}} Tenge}} {{nowrap|(KZT)}}

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| time_zone =

| utc_offset = +2 to +5

| time_zone_DST =

| DST_note =

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| calling_code = {{collapsible list

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|title = 10 codes

| {{Nowrap|{{flagicon|Kazakhstan}} +7}}

| {{Nowrap|{{flagicon|Turkey}} +90}}

| {{Nowrap|{{flagicon|Pakistan}} +92}}

| {{Nowrap|{{flagicon|Afghanistan|2013}} +93}}

| {{Nowrap|{{flagicon|Iran}} +98}}

| {{Nowrap|{{flagicon|Tajikistan}} +992}}

| {{Nowrap|{{flagicon|Turkmenistan}} +993}}

| {{Nowrap|{{flagicon|Azerbaijan}} +994}}

| {{Nowrap|{{flagicon|Kyrgyzstan}} +996}}

| {{Nowrap|{{flagicon|Uzbekistan}} +998}}

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| area_rank =

| area_magnitude =

| area_km2 = 8,208,600

| area_sq_mi =

| percent_water =

| population_estimate = 566,800,000

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| population_estimate_year = 2023

| population_density_km2 = 72

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| official_website = {{URL|www.eco.int/}}|

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The Economic Cooperation Organization or ECO is a Eurasian political and economic intergovernmental organization that was founded in 1985 in Tehran by the leaders of Iran, Pakistan, and Turkey. It provides a platform to discuss ways to improve development and promote trade and investment opportunities. The ECO is an ad hoc organisation under the United Nations Charter.[https://www.un.org/en/documents/charter/chapter8.shtml United Nations Charter (Chapter VIII)]. The objective is to establish a single market for goods and services, much like the European Union.{{cite web |url=http://www.tehrantimes.com/economy-and-business/98000-official-irans-share-of-eco-trade-stands-at-10-billion- |title=Official: Iran's share of ECO trade stands at $10 billion - Tehran Times |website=www.tehrantimes.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130502234737/http://www.tehrantimes.com/economy-and-business/98000-official-irans-share-of-eco-trade-stands-at-10-billion- |archive-date=2 May 2013}} After the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the ECO expanded to include Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan in 1992.

The current framework of the ECO expresses itself mostly in the form of bilateral agreements and arbitration mechanisms between individual and fully sovereign member states. That makes the ECO similar to ASEAN in that it is an organisation that has its own offices and bureaucracy for implementation of trade amongst sovereign member states. This consists of the historically integrated agricultural region of the Ferghana Valley which allows for trade and common agricultural production in the border region between Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. Pakistan has free trade agreements with both Afghanistan and Iran which are in the process of implementation.

In 2017, a free trade agreement between Turkey and Iran was proposed to be signed in the future,{{Cite web | url=http://theiranproject.com/blog/2017/01/04/turkey-hopes-sign-free-trade-agreement-iran/ |title = Turkey hopes to sign free trade agreement with Iran|date = 4 January 2017}} in addition to a proposed Pakistan-Turkey Free Trade Agreement.{{cite web|url= https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/180579-Pakistan-Turkey-sixth-round-of-talks-on-FTA-next-week|title=Pakistan-Turkey sixth round of talks on FTA next week|website=www.thenews.com.pk}} The Afghanistan-Pakistan Transit Trade Agreement is designed to facilitate trade for goods and services for Central Asia via both Afghanistan and Pakistan.{{cite web|url= https://aric.adb.org/fta/pakistan-turkey-preferential-trade-agreement|title=Pakistan-Turkey Preferential Trade Agreement Free Trade Agreement|first=Asia Regional Integration|last=Center|website=aric.adb.org}} That is in addition to the Ashgabat agreement, which is a multi-modal transport agreement between the Central Asian states.{{cite web|url= http://dunyanews.tv/en/Pakistan/362727-Pakistan-announces-to-join-Ashgabat-Agreement-Lap |title=Pakistan announces to join Ashgabat Agreement, Lapis Lazuli Corridor |website=Dunya News |date=14 February 2008 }} Further cooperation amongst members is planned in the form of the Iran–Pakistan gas pipeline, as well as a Turkmenistan–Afghanistan–Pakistan pipeline. Current pipelines include the Tabriz–Ankara pipeline in addition to the planned Persian Pipeline. This is in addition to the transportation of oil and gas from Central Asian states such as Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan to supply the industrialisation underway in Iran, Pakistan, Turkey, and beyond. Pakistan plans to diversify its source of oil and gas supplies towards the Central Asian states, including petroleum import contracts with Azerbaijan.{{cite news|url= https://tribune.com.pk/story/1316410/diversifying-energy-sources-away-gulf-pakistan-set-import-central-asia/|title=Away from Gulf, Pakistan set to import oil, gas from Central Asia |work=The Express Tribune |date=4 February 2017 }}

The ECO's Secretariat and ECO Cultural Institute are based in Iran, ECO Trade and Development Bank and ECO Educational Institute are located in Turkey, and ECO Science Foundation is in Pakistan.

History

The Economic Cooperation Organization was the successor organisation of what was the Regional Cooperation for Development (RCD), founded in 1964, which ended activities in 1979. In 1985 Iran, Pakistan and Turkey joined to form the ECO. By the fall of 1992, the ECO expanded to include seven new members; Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. The date of the expansion to its present strength, 28 November, is referred to as "ECO Day". The status and power of the ECO is growing. However, the organisation faces many challenges. Most importantly, the member states are lacking appropriate infrastructure and institutions which the Organization is primarily seeking to develop, to make full use of the available resources in the region and provide sustainable development for the member nations. The Economic Cooperation Organisation Trade Agreement (ECOTA) was signed on 17 July 2003 in Islamabad.{{cite web|url= http://www.worldtradelaw.net/fta/agreements/ecota.pdf |title=ECOTA |access-date=9 February 2012}} ECO Trade Promotion Organization (TPO) is a new organization for trade promotion among member states located in Iran (2009).[http://www.iran-daily.com/1387/3323/html/economy.htm] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090502233616/http://www.iran-daily.com/1387/3323/html/economy.htm|date=2 May 2009}} Under the agreement reached between ECO members, the common trade market should be established by 2015.

Official names

The official working language of the Economic Cooperation Organization is English. The official names of the organization are:

{{Langx|az|İqtisadi Əməkdaşlıq Təşkilatı|italic=no}}
{{Langx|kk|Экономикалық ынтымақтастық ұйымы|Ekonomikalyq yntymaqtastyq ūiymy|italic=no}}
{{Langx|ky|Экономикалык Кызматташтык Уюму|Ekonomikalyk Kyzmattashtyk Uyumu|italic=no}}
{{Langx|ps|د اقتصادي همکاريو سازمان|Da Iqtesadi Valamkariano Sazman|rtl=yes|italic=no}}
{{Langx|fa|سازمان همکاری اقتصادی|Sāzmān-e Hamkāri-ye Eqtesādi|rtl=yes}}
{{Langx|ru|Организация экономического сотрудничества|Opganizatsiya ekonomicheskogo sotrudnichestva|italic=no}}
{{Langx|tg|Созмони Ҳамкории Иқтисодӣ|Sozmoni Khamkorii Iktisody|italic=no}}
{{Langx|tr|Ekonomik İşbirliği Teşkilatı|italic=no}}
{{Langx|tk|Ykdysady Hyzmatdaşlyk Guramasy|italic=no}}
{{Langx|ur|اقتصادی تعاون تنظیم|Iqtiṣādī Taʿāvan Tanẓīm|rtl=yes|italic=no}}
{{Langx|ru|Иқтисодий Ҳамкорлик Ташкилоти|Iktisodiy Khamkorlik Tashkiloti|links=no|label=Uzbek|italic=no}}

Objectives and principles

Sustainable economic development of Member States;
Progressive removal of trade barriers and promotion of intraregional trade; the Greater role of ECO region in the growth of world trade; Gradual integration of the economies of the Member States with the world economy;
Development of transport & communications infrastructure linking the Member States with each other and with the outside world;
Economic liberalization and privatization;
Mobilization and utilization of ECO region's material resources;
Effective utilization of the agricultural and industrial potentials of ECO region.
Regional cooperation for drug abuse control, ecological and environmental protection and strengthening of historical and cultural ties among the peoples of the ECO region; and
Mutually beneficial cooperation with regional and international organizations.
Sovereign equality of the Member States and mutual advantage;
Linking of national economic, development plans with ECO's immediate and long-term objectives to the extent possible;
Joint efforts to gain freer access to markets outside the ECO region for the raw materials and finished products of the Member States;
Effective utilization of ECO institutions, agreements and cooperative arrangements with other regional and international organizations including multilateral financial institutions;
Common endeavors to develop a harmonized approach for participation in regional and global arrangements;
Realization of economic cooperation strategy; and Exchanges in educational, scientific, technical and cultural fields

Membership

=Full members=

class="wikitable sortable" style="float:center; text-align:right" ! Name ! Population (2023, millions) ! Area{{cite web \|url= https://www.cia.gov/LIBRARY/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2147rank.html \|access-date=9 February 2019 \|url-status=dead \|title=Country Comparison{{Snd}} Area \|work=CIA World Factbook \|publisher=Central Intelligence Agency \|archive-date=8 February 2019 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190208170709/https://www.cia.gov/LIBRARY/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2147rank.html}} ! Population density ! GDP (2023, nominal, US$ billions){{cite web \|url=https://www.imf.org/en/Publications/WEO/weo-database/2024/April/weo-report?c=512,912,429,916,917,564,923,186,925,927,&s=NGDPD,PPPGDP,NGDPDPC,PPPPC,&sy=2021&ey=2028&ssm=0&scsm=1&scc=0&ssd=1&ssc=0&sic=0&sort=subject&ds=.&br=1 \|work=World Economic Outlook Database \|title=Report for Selected Countries and Subjects \|publisher=International Monetary Fund \|date=9 April 2024 \|access-date=25 July 2024 }} ! GDP per capita (2023, nominal, US$) ! GDP (2023, PPP, Int$ billions) ! GDP per capita (2023, PPP, Int$)
style="text-align:left" \|{{nowrap\|{{flag\|Afghanistan\|2013}}{{efn\|name=IEA}}}} \| 32.2 million	{{cvt\|652,230\|km2\|disp=br()\|sortable=on}} \| {{cvt\|55.23\|/km2\|disp=br()\|sortable=on}} \| 14.467	422.229	72.512	2,116.334
style="text-align:left" \|{{flag\|Azerbaijan}} \| 10.1 million	{{cvt\|86,600\|km2\|disp=br()\|sortable=on}} \| {{cvt\|114.78\|/km2\|disp=br()\|sortable=on}} \| 76.639	7,525.428	189.273	18,585.191
style="text-align:left" \|{{flag\|Iran}} \| 88.3 million	{{cvt\|1,648,195\|km2\|disp=br()\|sortable=on}} \| {{cvt\|49.97\|/km2\|disp=br()\|sortable=on}} \| 403.526	4,662.520	1,752.856	20,253.297
style="text-align:left" \|{{flag\|Kazakhstan}} \| 22.4 million	{{cvt\|2,724,900\|km2\|disp=br()\|sortable=on}} \| {{cvt\|6.78\|/km2\|disp=br()\|sortable=on}} \| 260.510	13,116.815	656.669	33,063.603
style="text-align:left" \|{{flag\|Kyrgyzstan}} \| 6.8 million	{{cvt\|199,951\|km2\|disp=br()\|sortable=on}} \| {{cvt\|31.95\|/km2\|disp=br()\|sortable=on}} \| 12.775	1,843.190	44.925	6,481.606
style="text-align:left" \|{{flag\|Pakistan}} \| 231.5 million	{{cvt\|881,913\|km2\|disp=br()\|sortable=on}} \| {{cvt\|257.4\|/km2\|disp=br()\|sortable=on}} \| 338.237	1,460.740	1,572.439	6,790.873
style="text-align:left" \|{{flag\|Tajikistan}} \| 9.7 million	{{cvt\|144,100\|km2\|disp=br()\|sortable=on}} \| {{cvt\|63.20\|/km2\|disp=br()\|sortable=on}} \| 11.855	1,183.908	54.497	5,442.597
style="text-align:left" \|{{flag\|Turkey}} \| 83.2 million	{{cvt\|783,562\|km2\|disp=br()\|sortable=on}} \| {{cvt\|104.48\|/km2\|disp=br()\|sortable=on}} \| 1,108.453	12,849.005	3,628.742	42,063.743
style="text-align:left" \|{{flag\|Turkmenistan}} \| 7.1 million	{{cvt\|488,100\|km2\|disp=br()\|sortable=on}} \| {{cvt\|11.82\|/km2\|disp=br()\|sortable=on}} \| 77.106	11,833.107	124.257	19,069.183
style="text-align:left" \|{{flag\|Uzbekistan}} \| 35.5 million	{{cvt\|447,400\|km2\|disp=br()\|sortable=on}} \| {{cvt\|72.99\|/km2\|disp=br()\|sortable=on}} \| 90.882	2,522.757	372.987	10,353.579
class="sortbottom" ! style="text-align:left" \|10 total ! style="text-align:right" \| 566.8 million ! style="text-align:right" \| {{cvt\|7,971,133\|km2\|disp=br()\|sortable=on}} ! style="text-align:right" \| {{cvt\|60.66\|/km2\|disp=br()\|sortable=on}} ! style="text-align:right" \| 2.61 trillion ! style="text-align:right" \| 3,726.922 ! style="text-align:right" \| 8.83 trillion ! style="text-align:right" \| 12,990.954

=Observers=

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International Energy Charter

Structure

=Council of Ministers=

The Council of Ministers (COM) is the highest policy and decision-making body and is composed of the various Ministers of Foreign Affairs or such other representatives of the ministerial rank as may be designated by the respective governments. The COM meets at least once a year by rotation among the member states.

=Council of Permanent Representatives=

The Council of Permanent Representatives (CPR) consists of the Permanent Representatives/Ambassadors of the member states accredited to the Islamic Republic of Iran as well as to the ECO and the Director-General for ECO Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran.

=Regional Planning Council=

The Regional Planning Council (RPC) is composed of the Heads of the Planning Organizations of member states or other representatives of corresponding authorities.

=ECO Secretariat=

The ECO Secretariat consists of six directorates and six sections in the ECO Secretariat staffed by professionals working in the relevant areas of regional economic cooperation. Each directorate is headed by a director while the each section is run by head of section. There are also several programme officers and research officers working in each directorate of the Secretariat.

Directorate of Trade and Investment (TI)
Directorate of Transport and Communications (TC)
Directorate of Energy, Mineral and Environment (EME)
Directorate of Tourism
Directorate of Agriculture and Industry (AI)
Directorate of Human Resources and Sustainable Development(HRSD)

Activities

Activities of ECO are conducted through directorates under the supervision of Secretary-General and his Deputies which consider and evolve projects and programs of mutual benefit in the fields of:

Trade and Investment
Transport and Communications
Energy, Minerals and Environment
Agriculture and Industry
Tourism
Human Resources & Sustainable Development

Summits and general secretaries

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=Heads of State summits=

Meeting	Date(s)	Country	Location
class="wikitable sortable"
align=center\|1st	16{{ndash}}17 February 1992	{{flag\|Iran}}	Tehran
align=center\|2nd	6{{ndash}}7 May 1993	{{flag\|Turkey}}	Istanbul
align=center\|3rd	14-15 May 1995	{{flag\|Pakistan}}	Islamabad
align=center\|4th	14 May 1996	{{nowrap\|{{flag\|Turkmenistan\|1992}}}}	Ashgabat
align=center\|5th	11 May 1998	{{flag\|Kazakhstan}}	Almaty
align=center\|6th	10 June 2000	{{flag\|Iran}}	Tehran
align=center\|7th	14 October 2002	{{flag\|Turkey}}	Istanbul
align=center\|8th	14 September 2004	{{flag\|Tajikistan}}	Dushanbe
align=center\|9th	5 May 2006	{{flag\|Azerbaijan}}	Baku
align=center\|10th	11 March 2009	{{flag\|Iran}}	Tehran
align=center\|11th	23 December 2010	{{flag\|Turkey}}	Istanbul
align=center\|12th	16 October 2012	{{flag\|Azerbaijan}}	Baku
align=center\|13th	1 March 2017{{cite web\|url=https://sceneonhaiofficial.com/islamabad-rawalpindi-holiday-eco-summit-2017/\|title=Public Holiday In Islamabad and Rawalpindi On 1 March Due To ECO Summit 2017\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170228172530/https://sceneonhaiofficial.com/islamabad-rawalpindi-holiday-eco-summit-2017/\|archive-date=28 February 2017}}{{cite news\|title=Pakistan to host 13th ECO Summit in Islamabad next week\|url=https://sceneonhaiofficial.com/islamabad-rawalpindi-holiday-eco-summit-2017/\|access-date=25 February 2017\|work=Dawn\|date=25 February 2017\|archive-date=28 February 2017\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170228172530/https://sceneonhaiofficial.com/islamabad-rawalpindi-holiday-eco-summit-2017/\|url-status=dead}}	{{flag\|Pakistan}}	Islamabad
align=center\|14th	4 March 2021	{{flag\|Turkey}}	Virtual
align=center\|15th	28 November 2021	{{flag\|Turkmenistan}}	Ashgabat{{cite web \|title=15TH ECO SUMMIT, November 28, 2021 Ashgabat, Turkmenistan \|url=https://www.eco.int/general_content/88833-15TH-ECO-SUMMIT-November-28-2021-Ashgabat-Turkmenistan.html?t=General-content \|access-date=20 March 2022 \|archive-date=28 April 2022 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220428192132/https://www.eco.int/general_content/88833-15TH-ECO-SUMMIT-November-28-2021-Ashgabat-Turkmenistan.html?t=General-content \|url-status=dead }}
align=center\|16th \|8{{ndash}}9 November 2023 \|{{flag\|Uzbekistan}} \|Tashkent

=List of general secretaries=

class="wikitable sortable"
No.	Name	Nationality	Period
align=center\| 1 \| Alireza Salari{{cite web \|title=ECO Secretaries General \|url=http://www.ecosecretariat.org/important_memorandum/ind/SGS.htm \|url-status=usurped \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100706173252/http://www.ecosecretariat.org/important_memorandum/ind/SGS.htm \|archive-date=6 July 2010 \|access-date=9 February 2012 \|website=ECO}} \| {{flag\|Iran}} \| August 1988{{Snd}} July 1992
align=center\| 2 \| Shamshad Ahmad \| {{flag\|Pakistan}} \| August 1992{{Snd}} July 1996
align=center\| 3 \| {{Interlanguage link\|Önder Özar\|tr\|3=Önder Özar}} \| {{flag\|Turkey}} \| August 1996{{Snd}} July 2000
align=center\| 4 \| {{Interlanguage link\|Abdolrahim Gavahi\|fa\|3=عبدالرحیم گواهی}} \| {{flag\|Iran}} \| August 2000{{Snd}} July 2002
align=center\| 5 \| Seyed Mojtaba Arastou \| {{flag\|Iran}} \| August 2002{{Snd}} July 2003
align=center\| 6 \| Bekzhassar Narbayev \| {{flag\|Kazakhstan}} \| August 2003{{Snd}} January 2004
align=center\| 7 \| Askhat Orazbay \| {{flag\|Uzbekistan}} \| February 2004{{Snd}} July 2006
align=center\| 8 \| Khurshid Anwar \| {{flag\|Pakistan}} \| August 2006{{Snd}} July 2009
align=center\| 9 \| Yahya Maroofi \| {{flagcountry\|Islamic Republic of Afghanistan\|2004}} \| August 2009{{Snd}} July 2012
align=center\| 10 \| Shamil Alaskerov \| {{flag\|Azerbaijan}} \| August 2012{{Snd}} July 2015
align=center\| 11 \| Halil Ibrahim Akca \| {{flag\|Turkey}} \| August 2015{{Snd}} July 2018
align=center\| 12 \| Hadi Soleimanpour \| {{flag\|Iran}} \| August 2018{{Snd}}2021
align=center\| 13 \| Khusrav Noziri \| {{flag\|Tajikistan}} \| August 2021{{Snd}}2024
align=center\| 14 \| Asad Majeed Khan \| {{flag\|Pakistan}} \| August 2024{{Snd}}
colspan="2"\|source !colspan="2"\|[http://eco.int/general_content/85367-Secretary-General.html?t=General-content ECO Secretaries General]

class="wikitable sortable"

No.

Name

Nationality

Period

align=center| 1

| Alireza Salari{{cite web |title=ECO Secretaries General |url=http://www.ecosecretariat.org/important_memorandum/ind/SGS.htm |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100706173252/http://www.ecosecretariat.org/important_memorandum/ind/SGS.htm |archive-date=6 July 2010 |access-date=9 February 2012 |website=ECO}}

| {{flag|Iran}}

| August 1988{{Snd}} July 1992

align=center| 2

| Shamshad Ahmad

| {{flag|Pakistan}}

| August 1992{{Snd}} July 1996

align=center| 3

| {{Interlanguage link|Önder Özar|tr|3=Önder Özar}}

| {{flag|Turkey}}

| August 1996{{Snd}} July 2000

align=center| 4

| {{Interlanguage link|Abdolrahim Gavahi|fa|3=عبدالرحیم گواهی}}

| {{flag|Iran}}

| August 2000{{Snd}} July 2002

align=center| 5

| Seyed Mojtaba Arastou

| {{flag|Iran}}

| August 2002{{Snd}} July 2003

align=center| 6

| Bekzhassar Narbayev

| {{flag|Kazakhstan}}

| August 2003{{Snd}} January 2004

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| Askhat Orazbay

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| February 2004{{Snd}} July 2006

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| Khurshid Anwar

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| August 2006{{Snd}} July 2009

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| Yahya Maroofi

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| August 2009{{Snd}} July 2012

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| Shamil Alaskerov

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| August 2012{{Snd}} July 2015

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| Halil Ibrahim Akca

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| August 2015{{Snd}} July 2018

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| Hadi Soleimanpour

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| August 2018{{Snd}}2021

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| Khusrav Noziri

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| August 2021{{Snd}}2024

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| Asad Majeed Khan

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| August 2024{{Snd}}

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!colspan="2"|[http://eco.int/general_content/85367-Secretary-General.html?t=General-content ECO Secretaries General]

Regional Institutions & Agencies

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=ECO Chamber of Commerce and Industry=

ECO-CCI was established on 10 June 1993. Its objectives are to contribute to enhancing economic cooperation and relations in trade, industry, agriculture, tourism, contracting, engineering and banking sectors as well as to realize joint investments among the Member States. National Chambers of Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Tajikistan, and Turkey are members of ECO-CCI.

The 7th General Assembly Meeting of ECO Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ECO-CCI), held on 20 April 2004 in Kabul, Afghanistan. The participating member states offered some proposals for developing new mechanism and modalities for better interaction between member chambers and to re-activate ECO-CCI.

=ECO Reinsurance Company=

In March 1995, Iran, Pakistan, and Turkey agreed to establish ECO Reinsurance Company. The purpose is to supplement the existing reinsurance services in the region, promote the growth of the national underwriting and retention capacities, minimize the outflow of foreign exchange from the region and to support economic development in the region. The three-member countries decided to form a Trilateral Interim Committee to pave the way for the establishment of this important institution. The Trilateral Interim Committee in its various meetings reviewed the relevant issues such as the development of the business plan and signing of the Articles of Agreement already finalized by a group of Experts from the three founding member countries.{{cite web|url=http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010%5C02%5C11%5Cstory_11-2-2010_pg5_4 |title=Leading News Resource of Pakistan |publisher=Daily Times |date=11 February 2010 |access-date=9 February 2012}}

=ECO Consultancy & Engineering Company=

Governments of all the ECO Member States has established a central resource pool in the shape of ECO Consultancy and Engineering Company (Pvt.) Ltd., or ECO-CEC, to assist in the development projects sponsored by the ECO Member States or by its Trade and Development Bank. The founder States are the Islamic Republic of Iran, Islamic Republic of Pakistan, and Republic of Turkey which holds an equal share in ECO-CEC, Turkey being represented by two companies and Iran and Pakistan, by one each.

The Iranian and Turkish Companies specialize mainly in oil and gas pipelines, refineries, petrochemical and industrial engineering, while the Pakistani partner in all other fields of development engineering, including communications, power, urban development public health, telecommunications, water resources development and agriculture. ECO-CEC provides its expertise in the entire range of consultancy operations, starting from conception, project planning and appraisal, through pre-feasibility, feasibility and financial studies, investigation and exploration, site selection to engineering design, material and equipment specifications, construction supervision, contract management, quality control and preparation of technical manuals for the operation and maintenance of the projects.

=ECO Trade and Development Bank=

The Economic Cooperation Organization Trade and Development Bank (ETDB) was established by the three founding members of the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) in 2005 which are the Islamic Republic of Iran, Islamic Republic of Pakistan and Republic of Turkey. The Republic of Azerbaijan, the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan and the Kyrgyz Republic became the member of the ETDB in 2013, 2014 and 2015 respectively.

As of 31 December 2015, paid in the share capital of the ETDB was SDR 310,870 thousand since Azerbaijan, Afghanistan, and Kyrgyzstan are in process of payment of their paid-in capital contributions.

The Bank has successfully started its operations in 2008. Its headquarters is in Istanbul (Turkey) and representative offices are in Karachi (Pakistan) and Tehran (Iran). The primary objective of the Bank is to provide financial resources for projects and programmes in member countries. The Bank offers a range of medium-to-long term products i.e. project finance, corporate finance, trade finance and loans to support small and medium-sized enterprises directly or through financial intermediaries to private and state-owned entities. 11

= ECO Cultural Institute (ECI) =

ECO Cultural Institute (ECI) is affiliated with ECO and aims at fostering understanding and the preservation of the rich cultural heritage of its members through common projects in the field of the media, literature, art, philosophy, sport and education.{{cite web|title=ECO Cultural Institute's Medals|url=http://en.ecieco.org/pages/medals/|website=en.ecieco.org/|access-date=31 October 2014}}

= Others =

ECO Supreme Audit Institutions
ECO Cultural Institute
ECO Science Foundation
ECO Educational Institute
ECO Drug Control Coordination Unit
ECO Trade Promotion Unit
ECO Post
ECO Shipping Company
ECO Regional Center for Risk Management of Natural Disasters

Relationship with other organizations

All the ECO states are also member-states of the Organisation of the Islamic Cooperation (OIC), while ECO itself has observer status in the OIC since 1995.

Leaders of ECO member states

Leaders are either heads of state or heads of government, depending on which is constitutionally the chief executive of the nation's government.

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Hibatullah Akhundzada
Supreme Leader of Afghanistan
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Ilham Aliyev
President of Azerbaijan

|File:Masoud Pezeshkian 2024 (A) (cropped).jpg|{{flagicon|IRN}} Islamic Republic of Iran
Masoud Pezeshkian
President of Iran

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Kassym-Jomart Tokayev
President of Kazakhstan

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Sadyr Japarov
President of Kyrgyzstan

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Shehbaz Sharif
Prime Minister of Pakistan

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Emomali Rahmon
President of Tajikistan

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Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
President of Turkey

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Serdar Berdimuhamedow
President of Turkmenistan

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Shavkat Mirziyoyev
President of Uzbekistan

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Notes

References

External links

[http://eco.int ECO's official website]
[http://www.ecieco.org/ ECO's Cultural Institute]
[http://www.etdb.org/ ECO's Trade and Development Bank]
[http://www.eco-tpo.net/ ECO's Trade promotion Unit]
[http://www.eco.post.ir/ ECO's Post]. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150214101510/http://www.eco.post.ir/ |date=14 February 2015 }}.