DUSHANBE The 11th Foreign Ministerial Session of the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) is due to be held here on May 4, Tajik Foreign Ministry Spokesman Igor Sattarov announced here on Monday, according to IRNA.

He told IRNA that a two-day ECO expert meeting will also be held on May 2-31 during which expansion of economic and trade cooperation among the member states will be reviewed by the participants.

The ECO experts will also review measures taken by the member countries with regards to the regional cooperation during the past one year, he said adding that the experts will also provide a draft of final statement of the meeting to be presented to the foreign ministerial session.

Regional political experts consider Friday's meeting important for Tajikistan where it will take place for the first time.

Ministers from Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan are expected to discuss the ongoing crisis in Afghanistan as well as issues of mutual cooperation.