Islamabad hosts foreign dignitaries for two-day ECO ministerial meeting

Islamabad is hosting the two-day 30th Economic Cooperation Organisation (ECO) Council of Ministers meeting, which began on Sunday, with officials and foreign ministers from member states arriving for the gathering. Pakistan’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar is chairing the meeting, attended by delegations and representatives of the organisation’s secretariat and subsidiary bodies.

Before the ministerial talks, senior officials are reviewing ECO programmes and preparing draft documents for ministers. Pakistan, which holds the organisation’s chairmanship for 2026-27, says it will prioritise regional links, economic integration and trade logistics, and has reaffirmed plans to host an ECO summit in 2027. Dar also met the ECO and OIC secretaries general during the gathering.