Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Muhammad Ishaq Dar said his country is committed to fully implementing the Pakistan–Afghanistan–Uzbekistan railway project.
Speaking today (Friday, November 28) at the 29th meeting of the ECO Council of Ministers, held online, he emphasized that the project is crucial for regional connectivity.
His remarks come amid escalating tensions between Pakistan and the Taliban, with no clarity on how long the current situation will persist.
Dar, who also serves as Pakistan’s deputy prime minister, underscored the need for stronger cooperation among ECO member states in sustainable transport, transit trade, customs coordination, and climate-resilient infrastructure.
He called for joint efforts to combat terrorism, which he said threatens the region’s economic progress.
Dar closed by inviting ECO member states to attend the 30th meeting of the Council of Ministers, scheduled to take place next year in Pakistan.
Earlier, Abdul Ghani Baradar, the Taliban’s deputy prime minister for economic affairs, and Nooruddin Azizi, the group’s minister of industry and commerce, had requested that the next ECO meeting be held in Kabul — a proposal that has not been approved.
