The 30th Meeting of the ECO Council of Ministers will begin in Islamabad from tomorrow with Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar in the chair.

The meeting will be attended by Foreign Ministers and heads of delegations from ECO member states, along with representatives of the ECO Secretariat and its subsidiary bodies.

The Ministerial Meeting will be preceded by a meeting of senior officials from ECO member states, who will review the Organization's activities and programmes, assess the work of its subsidiary bodies, and finalise the agenda and draft outcome documents for consideration by the Ministers.

As Chair of the ECO for 2026–2027, Pakistan will seek to advance the Organization's objectives under the theme, "Reviving Regionalism for a Resilient ECO".

Pakistan's chairmanship will focus on strengthening regional connectivity, deepening regional integration, reinforcing partnerships and promoting collective efforts towards greater prosperity, sustainable development and a more integrated and resilient ECO region.

The meeting will also provide an opportunity to reinvigorate the ECO's role as an effective platform for regional cooperation, dialogue and economic collaboration.

Pakistan's chairmanship offers an opportunity to position the country as a regional connectivity hub, a facilitator of logistics and supply chains, and an agenda-setter for regional trade.

These efforts will contribute to unlocking the region's considerable economic potential and ensuring that the benefits of regional cooperation translate into tangible improvements in the lives of people across ECO member states.