On 19th/October/2020 the 27th executive and 18th General meeting of Chamber of Commerce and Industries of Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) was held through a video conference in the presence of ECO’s head, presidents and assistants of member chambers. ECO shifted from Afghanistan to Iran on the same date.
This executive meeting was attended by Mr. Azrakhsh Hafizi ECO’s Chamber of Commerce and Industries head, Sayed Jawid Burhan head of the international relations of board of directors and a member of the General meetings of ECO, Naseer Ahmad Arab technical deputy of board of directors, Ahmad Zia Azimi Shenozada member of the board of directors, Lutfullah Amini Bameyan’s head of board of directors, Humaira Kuhzad EOS’s female entrepreneurship committee’s member, Muhammad Ihsan Sakhi ECO’s tourism committee’s member and Omid Ghaforzai ACCI’s international relations director.
Mr. Azrakhash Hafizi welcomed the participants of the meeting and added that leaders of the private sectors require strong coordination and cooperation in the region. He affirmed that facilitating the issuance of visas for the expansion and development of the economy in the region is necessary. And we all have to work together to strengthen cooperation and coordination in the region.
Mr. Sayed Jawid Burhan said, “to build infrastructure, to accelerate deliverables, to support private sector, to establish joint-commercial chamber, and to facilitate the issuance of visas access to regional coordination and cooperation is required.”
Later on, a discussion about commercial facilities, transport, female entrepreneurship, commercial arbitration, tourism, small entrepreneurship, and ECO’s activities of the years 2018 and 2019 took place. Moreover, member countries of ECO appreciated two years activities of the head of ECO.
For the first time, national professional committees of ECO were established under the leadership of Sayed Jawid Burhan.
At the end of the event, Mr. Ghulam Husain Shafey was given the responsibility of being the head of chamber of commerce and industries of ECO, and the general presidency of chamber of ECO was assigned to chamber of commerce and industries of Azerbaijan.