Kazakh official: Youth play special role in development of ECO

Youth plays a special role in the development of the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO), Almagul Kutanova, head of the Committee on Youth and Family Affairs of the Ministry of Culture and Information of Kazakhstan, said at an ECO event in Azerbaijan's Aghdam, Report informs.

"Kazakhstan is an active participant in ECO. Today, it is the youth who makes the main contribution to the development of the organization. The young generation faces serious challenges. They need to be overcome," Kutanova said during her speech at the ECO Youth Forum in Aghdam.

Kutanova thanked the people involved in the high-level organization of the forum in Aghdam. She also hailed the special contribution of Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev to the development of the city.

"We were amazed by what we saw in Aghdam and want to note the contribution of the Azerbaijani President to the development of the city in this short period of time," Kutanova said.