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Pakistan's Premier leaves for Azerbaijan
Published in Saudi Press Agency on 04 - 05 - 2006


Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz Thursday left
for Baku, Azerbaijan, to attend 9th summit of Economic Cooperation
Organization (ECO).
The ECO forum could be used in an effective way to promote trade and
economic activities in the region, the prime minister said before his
departure to Baku.
He said ECO was an important forum to promote trade and economic activities
among the leaders from Iran, Pakistan, Turkey, Afghanistan, Azerbaijan,
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.
Aziz said Pakistan is keen to expand trade and economic relations through
this summit.
The prime minister said the ECO could be helpful to promote
multi-dimensional regional cooperation and to create conditions for
sustained socio-economic growth in the member states.
Aziz said due to important geographical position of Pakistan in the region,
it could play important role in promoting trade and economic activities in
the region.
The ports of Gwadar and Karachi, he said, could be used by the Central Asian
states to promote their trade and particularly transfer their energy to
other countries.
The prime minister said on the sidelines of the ECO summit, he would meet
different leaders and discuss regional issues including Afghanistan, Iran,
Kashmir and other issues.
Aziz said that in the summit Pakistan would present a strategy on ways and
priorities to enhance economic ties among the member states.
He said Pakistan would also share its experiences and best practices with
the ECO states and call for strengthening the organization for the benefit
of the people of the region.
The 8th summit of ECO in Dushanbe on September 14, 2004 finalised an
agreement for a Free Trade Area and progress on it would be reviewed during
the 9th summit, besides taking up progress on ECO Vision 2015.


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