Overview

• The Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) Summit, hosted by Uzbekistan, witnessed the participation of leaders from several ex-Soviet nations along with Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan, and Turkey.
• Leaders at the ECO Summit committed to expanding economic and trade ties, discussing plans to speed up regional economic integration and increase the ECO's global profile by fostering regional and global partnerships.
• Uzbekistan's President Shavkat Mirziyoyev emphasized the need to make full use of the transcontinental transport corridors that link ECO nations with major markets in the Asia-Pacific region, South Asia, the Middle East, and Europe.
• Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan stressed the need to develop trade routes across the Caspian Sea region and enhance the functionality of the corridor that would benefit all ECO member nations.
• The ECO Summit called for a more decisive and effective international response to the humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip, as well as increased international aid for Afghanistan.