Second Road Working Group Meeting

Second Road Working Group Meeting
Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic: 25-26 February 2003

Post Workshop Statement

The Second Road Working Group Meeting under the technical assistance for Regional Cooperation in Transport Projects in Central Asia was held at the Pinara Hotel in Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic, on February 25-26, 2003. The Meeting was attended by 18 delegates from the 3 participating countries, namely, the Kyrgyz Republic, PRC, and Uzbekistan. Two delegates from Tajikistan attended as observers. ADB officials as well as members of the Project Consulting Team were also present. The Meeting was chaired by Mr. K. Jumaliev, Deputy Prime Minister/Minister of Transport and Communications of the Kyrgyz Republic.

Read the Conference Report, which includes the Conference proceedings, list of participants, agenda and Conference Declaration.

Objectives

To discuss progress made on the following recommendations agreed upon at the First Road Working Group meeting:

establishment of a tripartite intergovernmental commission§ analysis of alternative financing models
recommendations on road user charges
review of concerns on the 1998 Agreement on International Road Transport
procedures to facilitate private-sector trade and communications

To review consultants' findings presented in the interim report
To reach an agreement on the conduct of a ministerial level meeting

Participants

Senior government officials from the Kyrgyz Republic, PRC, and Uzbekistan
Government officials from Tajikistan as observers
ADB staff
ADB consultants

Related Event

First Road Working Group Meeting
5-6 November 2002

Contact

Jeffrey Miller
Tel: +632 632-6826
Fax: +632 636-2426
Email: jmiller@adb.org

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