Elmar Mammadyarov: “Azerbaijan considers ECO as one of the important platforms of regional cooperation”

As we always reiterate at our ministerial meetings, Azerbaijan considers ECO as one of the important platforms of regional cooperation in our bigger neighbourhood. We certainly attach a high importance to a further development of economic and trade ties. We do so politically, because this is our political will.

Report informs, Elmar Mammadyarov, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan said at the 24th Meeting of the Council of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Economic Cooperation Organisation in Antalya.

The minister said that by having a strong political will, we should emphasize that goal-oriented projects and practical results should be the priority within the Organisation. “In our view, there is a need to short-list priority areas for cooperation based on the measurable results and comparative advantages of the region. Trade, transportation, agriculture, information and communication technologies and tourism are areas of our primary interest of cooperation and any initiatives and projects within ECO can serve the idea of a deeper regional interaction”.
E. Mammadyarov stressed that, through active participation in regional and inter-regional initiatives, Azerbaijan has always provided its support to various economic cooperation efforts in the region and beyond.