ADB, Kazakhstan sign CAREC Corridor 1 loan The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Government of Kazakhstan signed a $187 million loan agreement on 3 December 2009 to reconstruct a 79 kilometer stretch of CAREC Corridor 1 linking Europe and the People's Republic of China.
Ministers endorse energy, results frameworks Ministers at the 8th Ministerial Conference on Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) on 16 October endorsed two major plans to advance cooperation in the region's transport, trade and energy sectors.