ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: Finance Minister Senator Muhammad Ishaq Dar Saturday wrote letters to the ministers of nine countries inviting them to attend the 15th CAREC Ministerial Conference.
The 15th CAREC (Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation) Ministerial Conference is scheduled to be held in Islamabad on October 25-26, 2016.
The CAREC would bring together 10 regional countries for the purpose of economic and development cooperation, said in statement issued by the Ministry of Finance.
Finance Minister, in his letters, invited the ministers to lead a delegation from their countries to the conference which starts with a Senior Officials’ Meeting on October 25, 2016 before the Ministerial Meeting on October 26, 2016.
The theme of this year’s conference is “Linking connectivity with economic transformation in CAREC”. An Energy Investment Forum is also planned on October 24, 2016.
Invitations have been sent to the Finance Minister of Afghanistan, Minister of Economy of Azerbaijan, Chinese Finance Minister, Minister of National Economy of Kazakhstan, Minister of Economy of Kyrgyz Republic, Finance Minister of Mongolia, Minister of Economic Development and Trade of Tajikistan, Minister of Economy and Development of Turkmenistan and Finance Minister of Uzbekistan who is also the First Deputy Prime Minister of that country.
