10月23日至24日，中亚区域经济合作（CAREC）第十二次部长会在哈萨克斯坦阿斯塔纳举行。来自CAREC10个成员国的政府官员、亚洲开发银行、世界银行、国际货币基金组织、联合国开发计划署、欧洲复兴开发银行、伊斯兰开发银行等国际组织的代表以及一些发达国家的双边援助机构代表出席了会议。哈萨克斯坦总理出席开幕式并致辞。
本次部长会以“交通和贸易一体化”为主题。会议听取了国际货币基金组织关于CAREC地区形势的报告，讨论通过了修订后的CAREC重点合作领域（交通和贸易便利化、贸易政策）指导战略，回顾了第十一次武汉部长会议以来CAREC重点合作领域取得的进展，并同各多、双边援助机构和伙伴进行了广泛和深入的交流。会议肯定了过去一年CAREC各重点领域合作的工作进展，重申了各方加强合作的承诺，并为下一步推进合作做出了规划。各方一致同意CAREC学院落户中国新疆乌鲁木齐，期待CAREC学院能够在2014年启动运转，为CAREC框架下的能力建设活动提供支持。会后发表了联合声明。
中方在会上充分肯定了CAREC合作所取得的成果，强调各方应秉承“好邻居、好伙伴、好前景”的愿景，以CAREC2020战略为指导，推动CAREC合作取得更多实质性成果。中方重申了对CAREC的支持，表示中国政府将一如既往积极参与CAREC合作，密切与各成员以及亚洲开发银行等发展伙伴的联系，以CAREC学院落户中国新疆乌鲁木齐为契机，为本区域的合作与发展提供更有力的支持。
中亚区域经济合作于1996年由亚洲开发银行发起成立，是中亚区域重要的经济合作机制之一，其宗旨是以合作谋发展，通过促进交通运输、贸易、能源和其他重要领域的区域合作，促进成员国经济社会发展，减少贫困。现有成员包括阿富汗、阿塞拜疆、中国、哈萨克斯坦、吉尔吉斯斯坦、蒙古、巴基斯坦、塔吉克斯坦、土库曼斯坦和乌兹别克斯坦10个成员国。亚洲开发银行、世界银行、国际货币基金组织、联合国开发计划署、欧洲复兴开发银行、伊斯兰开发银行等6个国际组织，以及一些发达国家的双边援助机构作为发展伙伴参与了CAREC框架下的合作。
CAREC to Support Key New Routes to Boost Regional Trade
Oct 24, 2013 (Menafn – M2 PRESSWIRE via COMTEX) –President Takehiko Nakao and the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Serik Akhmetov at the 12th CAREC Ministerial Conference in Astana.
ASTANA, KAZAKHSTAN — The 10 members of the Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) program will develop key new road and rail routes linking Central Asia to People’s Republic of China (PRC) and South Asia between now and 2020 to realize the huge trade potential between the three regions.
”To increase trade outside the region, CAREC will need to align its corridors to new routes, and develop long distance multimodal transport services combining road and rail,” said Asian Development Bank (ADB) President Takehiko Nakao, who gave the keynote address at the 12th meeting of CAREC ministers here.
The plan endorsed today by the CAREC ministers involves road, rail, logistics, and border facilities projects in priority corridors and requires an investment of 38.8 billion in the coming seven years.
In a statement issued after the meeting, the ministers echoed Mr. Nakao by calling for a more integrated approach to transport and trade. This means improving logistics services to support manufacturing networks, more modern and integrated customs and border controls, and linking roads and railways to key ports.
The members of the CAREC are Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, the PRC, Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, Mongolia, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. The program, supported by ADB as the secretariat, promotes regional connectivity in trade, transport, and energy to boost economic growth in the region.
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