ISTANBUL - The Seventh Summit Meeting of Heads of State and Government of Member Countries to the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) started in Istanbul on Monday.
President Ahmet Necdet Sezer welcomed representatives of ECO countries at Istanbul's Ciragan Palace.
President Hamid Karzai and Foreign Minister Abdullah Abdullah of Afghanistan; President Mohammad Khatami and Foreign Minister Kamal Kharazi of Iran; President Haydar Aliyev and Foreign Minister Vilayat Uluyev of Azerbaijan; President Pervez Musharraf and Foreign Minister Inamul Haque of Pakistan; President Imamali Rahmanov and Foreign Minister Talbak Nazarov of Tajikistan; Foreign Minister Kasymzhomart Tokayev of Kazakhstan; President Askar Akayev of Kyrgyzstan; Parliament Speaker Erkin Halilov and Foreign Minister Ilhamcam Mamedov of Uzbekistan; Council of Ministers Deputy Chairman Recep Saparov and Foreign Minister Rashid Meredov of Turkmenistan are attending the summit.