Emomali Rahmon met with Shavkat Mirziyoyev

According to official data, on November 9, the President of Tajikistan, Emomali Rahmon, arrived in Uzbekistan on an official visit, where he met with the President of Uzbekistan, Shavkat Mirziyoyev.

According to the press service of the President of Tajikistan, in Tashkent, Emomali Rahmon participated in and delivered a speech at the 16th summit of the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO).

Also, within the framework of the 16th Summit of the Heads of State of the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO), Rahmon met with the President of Uzbekistan, Shavkat Mirziyoyev.

In particular, Rahmon stated that a significant part of the potential for economic interaction among ECO member countries remains untapped.

Despite the fact that Afghanistan is a member country of the ECO, representatives of the Taliban movement, which currently controls Afghanistan, were not present at this meeting.

However, the President of Uzbekistan, Shavkat Mirziyoyev, pointing out this fact, emphasized that “we cannot allow the multinational people of Afghanistan, who have been our closest neighbors for centuries, to be left alone with the current complex problems. The active involvement of this country in regional integration processes is an essential and necessary condition for our sustainable development.”

The regional intergovernmental economic organization, the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO), was established in 1985 by Iran, Pakistan, and Turkey based on the Izmir Agreement, signed by the founding countries on March 12, 1977. In 1992, 7 countries joined the ECO — Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Afghanistan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan.