ISLAMABAD: The Tr­­ade Develo­p­m­ent Autho­rity of Pakistan (TDAP) will set up an Economic Coop­e­ration Organi­sation Pavillion at the forthcoming Food-AG exhibition in October to promote regional trade.

This was decided at the 4th Economic Cooperation Organisation (ECO) conference in Karachi. The heads of the trade promotion organisations of Iran, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Türkiye attended it.

An official announcement said that the ECO trade agreement was discussed at length, and it was decided that the TDAP will make ECO Pavillion in its flagship event, scheduled to be held in October.

TDAP Faiz Ahmad Chadhar and Zahid Abbasi from ECO Secretariat welcomed all the delegates and highlighted the business opportunities in member countries.

Published in Dawn, May 7th, 2025

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