Islamabad hosts 30th ECO ministerial as delegations arrive
Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar chairs the two-day meeting, with Turkiye, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, the OIC and the SCO among those already in the capital.
Islamabad is hosting the 30th meeting of the Economic Cooperation Organisation's Council of Ministers on 15 and 16 November, with Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar chairing, according to the Foreign Office.
Delegations began arriving in the capital on Sunday. Turkiye's Deputy Foreign Minister Musa Kulaklikaya, who heads his country's delegation, was received at the airport by foreign ministry officials, the Foreign Office said in a statement. Azerbaijani Deputy Foreign Minister Elnur Mammadov and Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Deputy Secretary General Ahmad Saidmurodzoda also reached Islamabad for the meeting, both outlets reported.
Geo News named further arrivals: OIC Secretary General Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed and Kazakhstan's Deputy Foreign Minister Arman Issagaliyev. It also reported that Tahsin Ertuğruloğlu, foreign minister of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, reached the federal capital a day earlier.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi is expected to attend, Geo News reported. Pakistan and Qatar are acting as mediators in efforts to broker a peace deal between Iran and the United States.
The Foreign Office said the ministerial meeting would be preceded by a Meeting of Senior Officials of ECO member states, which reviews the organisation's activities and programmes, assesses the work of its subsidiary bodies and finalises the agenda and draft outcome documents for the ministers.
Foreign ministers and heads of delegation of member states, along with representatives of the ECO secretariat and its subsidiary bodies, will attend the two-day session, which the Foreign Office said aims to strengthen regional connectivity and integration.
Pakistan holds the ECO chair for 2026-2027 and will advance the organisation's objectives under the theme "Reviving Regionalism for a Resilient ECO", the Foreign Office said.
How the reports differ
Both outlets named Turkish deputy foreign minister Musa Kulaklikaya, Azerbaijani deputy foreign minister Elnur Mammadov and SCO deputy secretary general Ahmad Saidmurodzoda among the arrivals. Geo News added OIC Secretary General Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, Kazakhstan's deputy foreign minister Arman Issagaliyev and Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus foreign minister Tahsin Ertuğruloğlu, and reported that Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi is expected to attend. Geo News also carried the meeting dates, Ishaq Dar's chairmanship and the theme "Reviving Regionalism for a Resilient ECO", which Dawn's report did not. Dawn mentioned a foreign minister arriving on Saturday without naming him in the text available; Geo News identified him as the Northern Cyprus minister.
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