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ECO meeting in Kabul on Wednesday
KABUL (PAN): Commerce ministers from member states of the Economic
Cooperation Organization (ECO) have arrived in Kabul on the eve of the
organization's meeting, an official said on Tuesday.
Except Azerbaijan, commerce ministers of all the member states have
arrived in Kabul to attend the meeting taking place on Wednesday, said
Muzammil Shinwari, head the international trade department at the Ministry
of Commerce and Industry.
Afghanistan, Iran, Uzbekistan, Turkey, Tajekistan, Pakistan, Turkmanistan,
Kazakhstan, Kirghizstan and Azerbaijan are members of the ECO.
Shinwari said Afghanistan had invited Azerbaijan representative to attend
the meeting, but the country had no embassy in Afghanistan, therefore no
direct contact could be made with them.
He said Afghan commerce ministry officials would hold meetings with their
foreign counterparts on the sidelines of the conference to discuss
comcertial ties.
The conference was earlier planned to in May, but it was postponed
because some countries' representatives were not ready to attend.
ECO meeting in Kabul on Wednesday | Pajhwok Afghan News
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