ECO Secretary General call on the Iranian Minister of Post, Telegraph and Telephone

Press Release

            H. E. Seyed Mojtaba Arastou, ECO Secretary General, in continuation of his meetings with the senior officials of the Islamic Republic of Iran, as the host country of the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO), paid a visit to H. E. Mr. Motamedi, the Iranian Minister of Post, Telegraph and Telephone, and exchanged ideas on the issue of expanding cooperation among the ECO Member States in the area of Communication.

            In the said meeting, Mr. Motamedi emphasizing on the importance of regional cooperation, proposed that Iran is ready to host Ministerial Meetings on Communication, and as well announced the readiness of his country to establish a permanent training center for communication technology for the ECO Member Countries in Tehran, in order to transfer the experiences and expertise of Iran in this area. It is expected that these two proposals be included for consideration in the agenda of the forthcoming ECO Ministerial Meeting on Communication, the 4^th of its kind, due to be held in Izmir, Turkey.

            Mr. Arastou, appreciating the importance the government of Iran is attaching to the regional cooperation in the framework of ECO, named communication as an important field of cooperation among the members. He also referred to the project dedicated to establishment of ECO Net, by which ECO Secretariat will be in online, direct contact with the embassies of the Member Countries in Tehran or any other ECO related Focal Points in the Member Countries. He asked for the technical assistance of Iran in this regard.

            ECO Secretary General as well referred to the agenda of the 4^th ECO Ministerial Meeting on Communication and added that in the said meeting a comprehensive report will be provided on the follow up and implementation of the approved decisions of the previous meetings on the said subject.  

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