Economic Cooperation Organization Trade Agreement

The Economic Cooperation Organization Trade Agreement or ECOTA is a preferential trade agreement reached on 17 July 2003 at the ECO summit in Islamabad whereby a preferential trade region was formed between the countries of Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.^[1] As of 2008, the ECOTA is in effect.^[2] As part of ECO Vision 2025, Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan, Tajikistan and Turkey agreed to implement free trade area by 2025.^[3]

References

^ "ECO Trade Agreement (ECOTA)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2019. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
^ "Economic Cooperation Organization Trade Agreement Free Trade Agreement". aric.adb.org.
^ "ECO Vision 2025 & Implementation Framework" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 April 2019. Retrieved 20 October 2019.

External links

ECO's Website
ECO's Cultural Institute
ECO's Trade and Development Bank
ECO Science Foundation

Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO)

Politics

ECOTA Secretariat Secretaries-General Treaty of Izmir Islamabad Declaration
Symbols	Emblem Flag

Summits

Tehran 1992
Istanbul 1993
Islamabad 1995
Ashgabat 1996
Almaty 1998
Tehran 2000
Istanbul 2002
Dushanbe 2004
Baku 2006
Tehran 2009
Istanbul 2010
Baku 2012
Islamabad 2017

Member

Observers

Northern Cyprus (as Turkish Cypriot State)

v t e ECO leaders
Hibatullah Akhundzada (de facto) Ilham Aliyev Ali Khamenei Kassym-Jomart Tokayev Sadyr Japarov Shehbaz Sharif Emomali Rahmon Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Serdar Berdimuhamedow Shavkat Mirziyoyev

v t e Regional organizations
Bodies	African Union Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization Arab League Arctic Council Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Asia Cooperation Dialogue Asia Council Asia-Europe Foundation Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Assembly of European Regions Association of Caribbean States AUKUS Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America – Peoples' Trade Treaty British–Irish Council Bucharest Nine Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Central American Integration System Central European Free Trade Agreement Commonwealth of Independent States Commonwealth of Nations Community for Democracy and Rights of Nations Community of Democratic Choice Community of Latin American and Caribbean States Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership Council of the Baltic Sea States Council of Europe Craiova Group East African Community Economic Community of West African States Economic Cooperation Organization Eurasian Economic Union European Political Community European Union Forum for the Progress and Integration of South America GUAM Organization for Democracy and Economic Development Gulf Cooperation Council Indian Ocean Rim Association Liptako–Gourma Authority Latin American Integration Association Latin American Parliament Lublin Triangle Melanesian Spearhead Group Mercosur Nordic Council North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Open Balkan Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe Organization of American States Organization of Ibero-American States Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation Pacific Alliance Pacific Islands Forum Paneuropean Union Polynesian Leaders Group Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Shanghai Cooperation Organisation South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation South Atlantic Peace and Cooperation Zone Southern African Development Community TAKM Three Seas Initiative Trilateral Cooperation Secretariat Organization of Turkic States Union of South American Nations Visegrád Group West Nordic Council Western Balkans Quad
Topics	Regional integration Regional organizations by population Regionalism (international relations)

Regional organizations

Bodies

Topics

Regional integration
Regional organizations by population
Regionalism (international relations)

v t e Central Asian regional organizations
Central Asia plus Japan Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation Program Central Asian Union (proposed) Commonwealth of Independent States Collective Security Treaty Organization Eurasian Economic Union Economic Cooperation Organization Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Organization of Turkic States TAKM