The plenary session of the international conference “International transport and transit corridors: interconnection and development” (ITTC-2023) has ended.

The theme of the plenary session is “International transport and logistics: challenges and opportunities”.

The speakers at the plenary session were: Mammethan Chakiyev - General Director of the Agency for Transport and Communications under the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan, Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana - Executive Secretary of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (online), Dmitry Maryasin - Deputy Executive Secretary of the UNECE, Asset Asavbayev - Secretary General of the Permanent Secretariat (PS) of the Intergovernmental Commission (IGC) TRACECA, Umberto de Pretto - Secretary General of the International Road Transport Union (IRU) (online), Miroslav Antonovich - Chairman of the Committee of the Organization for Cooperation between Railways (OSJD) (online), Adrian Gheorghe Fogis - State Secretary of the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure of Romania, Coordinator of the working group for the implementation of the strategic project of the International transport route Black Sea - Caspian Sea, Saidmurodzoda Shoista - Deputy Minister of Transport of the Republic of Tajikistan, Aziz Aksu - Deputy Director General for EU and External Relations of the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure of the Republic of Türkiye, Igor Runov - Executive Secretary of the International Center for Transport Diplomacy (ICTD), Mirvohid Azimov - Deputy Secretary General of the Organization of Turkic States (online), Alper Ozel - Chairman of the Executive Committee of the International Association of Carriers (UND Turkiye), Eduard Alyrzaev - Member of the Board of MFA Lojistik Dis Ticaret A.S.

The speakers presented their vision of new challenges and opportunities in the current realities; trends and prospects for the development of global trade in the context of a rapidly changing economic situation.

They shared their views on the role of transport and logistics infrastructure in facilitating and increasing international trade, as well as on interstate cooperation in the development and activation of international transport and transit corridors.

The next session of ITTC-2023 will be devoted to the topic of transport and logistics interconnectedness in the modern economy.