Azerbaijan holding 17th ECO summit in occupied Stepanakert

ArmInfo.  The occupation Azerbaijani regime is holding the 17th summit of the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) in  the de-Armenianized city of  Stepanakert.

According to Azerbaijani media, the summit is attended by Iranian  President Masoud Pezeshkian, Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan,  Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev, Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov,  Northern Cyprus leader Ersin Tatar, Pakistani Prime Minister Muhammad  Shahbaz Sharif, Tajik President Emomali Rahmon, Kazakh Prime Minister  Olzhas Bektenov, Turkmen Foreign Minister Rashid Meredov and  representatives from several other states. 

During his address at the summit, Aliyev once again boasted about the  occupation of Artsakh and put forth additional demands on Armenia,  including the illegal demand to repopulate  the Republic of Armenia  with Azerbaijanis. Independent experts are inclined to believe that  the visit to the  occupied Stepanakert, including by states friendly  to Armenia, like Iran and Turkmenistan, indicates that the foreign  policy of the current Armenian authorities has failed.