Uzbekistan hosts summit of regional economic alliance
In this handout photo released by Turkish Presidency, Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, background center, talks during a meeting of the 10-member Economic Cooperation Organization in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, Thursday, Nov. 9, 2023. (Turkish Presidency via AP)
MOSCOW (AP) — An economic bloc that includes several ex-Soviet nations along with Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan and Turkey held a summit Thursday, with leaders vowing to further expand trade and economic ties.
Members of the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO), who met in Uzbekistan's capital of Tashkent, discussed plans for speeding regional economic integration.
They also talked about the need for increasing the ECO's global profile through fostering regional and global partnerships.
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