The Asia Cooperation Dialogue has started its 19th ministerial meeting in the Iranian capital Tehran with the presence of dozens of delegations from Asian countries and international organizations as well as senior officials from the Iranian government.

According to The Iran Project, Iran’s Acting Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri Kani opened the ACD summit on Monday at the Parsian Azadi Hotel in northern Tehran. 

“We are proud to be hosting the ministerial summit of the ACD in Tehran and assume its (rotating) presidency,” said the diplomat in his opening speech at the summit. 

He added that some 41 delegations of ministers and international organizations are present in the meeting.