A SENIOR OFFICIALS MEETING WAS HELD IN ASHGABAT ON THE EVE OF THE MINISTERIAL COUNCIL MEETING

On November 26, 2021, a Meeting of Senior Officials of the countries-members of the Economic Cooperation Organization chaired by the Turkmen side was held in the premises of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan.

The delegation of Turkmenistan at the Meeting was headed by the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Berdiniyaz Myatiyev.

The agenda of the Meeting included the issues of the preparation to the 25th Meeting of the Council of Ministers (COM), Consideration of the Report of the Secretary General and Recommendations on ECO Regional Projects (2021-2022), Mid-term Review of ECO Vision 2025; Progress and Assessment, as well as the adoption of the Charter on the creation of the ECO Center of clean energy. The issues of the content of the upcoming Summit on high level and the Meeting of the COM in Ashgabat became one of the main themes of the current discussions.

At the beginning of the Meeting the participants listened to the statement of ECO Secretary General Khusrav Noziri.

The participants reviewed and approved ECO Activities as well as Annual Reports of ECO Specialized Agencies, Regional Institutions and Affiliated Bodies. The administrative and financial matters of the ECO Secretariat were discussed and the ECO Secretariat’s Budget for 2022 was considered.

Concerning the issues of the preparation to the 15th Summit of the ECO, the participants exchanged views on the agenda of the Summit, on Draft of ECO Ashgabat Consensus for Action, as well as on the documents which are supposed to be signed in the course of the current meeting on high level.

Following the results of the Meeting of Senior Officials of the ECO Member States, an agreement was also reached on the place and timing of the next meeting.