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Second Ministerial Conference on Central Asia Economic Cooperation
Tashkent, Uzbekistan: 11-12 November 2003

Post-Workshop Statement

Objectives

This high-level Conference will:

• review progress in regional cooperation activities under the overall institutional framework (OIF) since the 1st Ministerial Conference convened in March 2002
• provide direction and policy guidance for the evolving OIF and future activities thereunder.

Expected Outputs

Senior Officials' Meeting:

• Report of the Senior Official's Meeting to the Ministerial Conference

Ministerial Meeting:

• A Joint Ministerial Statement that reflects the views of the participants on the above objectives

Target Participants

Participation is by invitation only.

• Ministerial and senior level officials from the governments of member countries: Azerbaijan, People's Republic of China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Mongolia, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan
• Observers from the following countries: Afghanistan, India, Iran, Pakistan, Russia, Turkey, and Turkmenistan
• Representatives from multilateral institutions (MIs), namely: ADB, EBRD, IMF , IDB, UNDP, and WB
• Observers from other multilateral and bilateral institutions

Workshop Documents

• Agenda [ PDF ]
• Keynote Speech [ PDF ] - President Tadao Chino, ADB
• Co-chair's Remarks [ PDF ] - Mr. Eichenberger, Vice President, ADB
• News Release
• Central Asian Nations Express Strong Commitment to Regional Cooperation (13 November 2003)

Related Events

• Regional Preparatory Meeting for Central Asia Economic Cooperation, 27-28 September 2003
• First Ministerial Conference on Central Asia Economic Cooperation, 25-26 March 2002

Related Documents

• A Road to Cooperation: Ministerial Conference on Central Asia Economic Cooperation, 25-26 March 2002
• CENTRAL ASIA: Working together to fight poverty [ PDF ]

Contact

Conference Secretariat
Tel: +632 632 5857
Fax: +632 636 2387
Email: carecu@adb.org