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Third Ministerial Conference on Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation
Astana, Kazakhstan, 31 October - 1 November 2004

Post-Conference Statement

Objectives

The Ministerial Conference (MC) will:

• review progress in regional cooperation activities since the 2nd MC in November 2003
• provide direction and policy guidance for the Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) Program

Expected Outputs

• Report of the Senior Officials' Meeting to the 3rd MC
• Joint Ministerial Statement

Participants

Participation is by invitation only.

• Ministerial and senior level officials from each of the governments of Azerbaijan, People's Republic of China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Mongolia, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan
• Representatives of multilateral institutions (ADB, EBRD, IMF, ISDB, UNDP, and World Bank)
• Observers from neighboring countries
• Observers from bilateral and other regional organizations

Workshop Documents

• Agenda [ PDF: 12kb | 4 pages ]
• Keynote Speech by Tadao Chino, President, ADB
• Introductory Remarks [ PDF: 60kb | 3 pages ] by Joseph Eichenberger, Vice President, ADB
• CAREC Newsletter [ PDF: 323kb | 6 pages ]
• News Releases
• Accelerate Regional Cooperation in Central Asia, Ministers Urge, 2 November 2004
• ADB President to Visit Central Asia, 28 October 2004
• Central Asian Prosperity Tied to Regional Cooperation, 25 October 2004

Related Documents

• Central Asia: Working Together to Fight Poverty [ PDF: 252kb | 4 pages ]
• Regional Cooperation [ PDF: 120kb | 2 pages ]
• Regional Assistance to Central Asia [ PDF: 49kb | 2 pages ]

Related Events

• Preparatory Senior Officials' Meeting on Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation, Almaty, Kazakhstan: 13-14 Sep 2004
  
• Second Ministerial Conference on Central Asia Economic Cooperation, Tashkent, Uzbekistan: 11-12 Nov 2003

Contacts

CAREC Secretariat
Tel: (632) 632-5857
Fax: (632) 636-2387
E-mail: CAREC@adb.org