14th Ministerial Conference on Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation was held in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia on 23–25 September 2015.

The theme of this conference is “Linking Connectivity with Economic Transformation in CAREC”. The Honorable Chimed Saikhanbileg, Prime Minister of Mongolia, Mr. Takehiko Nakao, President of ADB, and CAREC ministerial officials attended the conference.

Other participants included CAREC Senior Officials from Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, the People’s Republic of China, Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, Mongolia, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan; and representatives of partner multilateral institutions from Asian Development Bank (ADB), European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), International Monetary Fund (IMF), Islamic Development Bank (IsDB), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), and the World Bank (WB); representatives from the Government of Georgia; representatives from European Union, Eurasia Development Bank, Japan Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Japan International Cooperation Agency, U.S. Department of State, United States Agency for International Development, and World Trade Organization. 

Capt. Lin Zhong, Chairman of CAREC Federation of Carrier and Forwarder Associations (CFCFA), was invited to participate in this conference.

Source: CFCFA Secretariat