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Mongolia Builds a Regional Logistics Facility on People’s Republic of China Border

The Government of Mongolia, supported by the Asian Development Bank (ADB), will build a high-tech, multimodal logistics facility in Zamyn Uud on the southeast border with the People’s Republic of China (PRC). The facility will help expand and speed up trade of Mongolia, and increase its global competitiveness.

CAREC senior officials meet to finalize new strategic framework

The Senior Officials’ Meeting recognized the program’s achievements since its formal establishment in 2001 and senior officials put finishing touches to a new strategic framework—aptly called CAREC 2020—that will guide the program for the next 10 years.

ADB Grant to Prepare Modernization Plans for Central Asia’s Cross-Border Points

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $2 million technical assistance grant for a feasibility study to upgrade and modernize border crossing points in Central Asia.

First Cross-Border Transport Agreement Signed under CAREC

The Kyrgyz Republic’s Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Transport and Communications Kubanychbek Mamaev and Tajikistan’s Minister of Transport and Communications Olimjon Boboev signed the first cross-border transport agreement (CBTA) under the Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) Program.

A Perfect 10 for CAREC

As the Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) Program prepares for its next decade of regional cooperation, Ministers at the 9th Ministerial Conference in Cebu, Philippines welcomed the accession of two new members - Turkmenistan and Pakistan - increasing the Program’s member countries from 8 to 10.

Central Asia Atlas of Natural Resources

Central Asia—the region made up of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan—is a vast land mass separating the countries of Eastern Europe and the Caucasus from East and South Asia. It is a region rich in natural resources, including oil and gas, and has a surprising variety of animals and plants.

CAREC Reports Call for Improvement of Trade Logistics System

Improving transport and logistics systems of the countries under the Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) Program will help stimulate national economic growth and promote regional cooperation, according to seven Asian Development Bank (ADB) reports on transport and trade logistics.

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.