406 : Pakistan in the Economic Cooperation Organization
Anish Mishra
28 April 2017
On 1 March 2017, Pakistan hosted the 13th Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) Summit. This paper analyses Pakistan's involvement in the ECO. It acknowledges the desire of the leaders of the ECO to boost trade volumes and regional connectivity. The paper makes the case that this can only be achieved by developing infrastructure and implementing transit trade agreements. It further contends that Pakistan, as a state, has multi-regional characteristics which allow it to play an instrumental role in bridging regions.