The 28th technical meeting of the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) Foreign Ministers began with some 20 delegations in attendance on Monday in Mashhad, northeastern Iran.

EghtesadOnline: Member of Iran’s Trade Promotion Organization called for enhancing trade ties among Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) member-states.

EghtesadOnline: President Hassan Rouhani’s Cabinet has allowed the Central Bank of Iran to engage in negotiations and sign the “agreement of the host country” required for the ECO Trade and Development Bank to open a representative office in Iran.

EghtesadOnline: The Central Bank of Iran has signed a cooperation agreement with ECO Trade and Development Bank in Turkey that could pave the way for the multilateral lender to grant finances to Iran.