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Economic Cooperation OrganizationIslamic regional grouping formed in 1985 by Iran, Pakistan, and Turkey to reduce customs tariffs and promote commerce, with the aim of eventual customs union. In 1992 Afghanistan and the newly independent former Soviet republics of Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan were admitted into ECO. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Iran now exercises tremendous economic and political influence through its oil production, its control of the Persian Gulf's strategic Straits of Hormuz, and its growing influence in OPEC, the UN, the Non-Aligned Movement, the Economic Cooperation Organization, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, and the World Islamic Council. After nearly six years of standstill, Turkey and Iran decided on January 27-29, 1985, to revive the Regional Cooperation and Development (RCD) organization and rename it the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO). The Economic Cooperation Organization is about to approve a proposal to interconnect the power systems of Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran, Turkey, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Uzhekistan and other Central Asian states, reported the Aug. |
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