A Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) Senior Officials’ Meeting (SOM) was held in Bangkok, Thailand on 17-18 June 2015. Delegations from CAREC member countries and representatives of CAREC multilateral institution (MI) partners participated in the Meeting.

Capt. Lin Zhong, Chairman of CAREC Federation of Carrier and Forwarder Associations was invited to participated in the Meeting and made a presentation on the Corridor Performance Measurement and Monitoring 2014 Annual Report.

The objectives of the SOM were as follows:

• discuss the progress of the Almaty-Bishkek Corridor Initiative (ABCI);
• provide guidance on the proposed cooperation in sanitary phytosanitary (SPS) measures;
• discuss the updates and key issues in the four priority sectors of CAREC (transport, energy, trade facilitation, and trade policy);
• provide guidance the proposal of a high-level commitment to improving road safety;
• deliberate and provide guidance on the outcomes of the first and Second meetings of the CAREC Institute (CI) Governing Council, including the CI's Work Program for 2015–2016;
• deliberate on the structure of the 14th CAREC Ministerial Conference in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.