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The CAREC Institute management, represented by Director Shah, Deputy Director One Liang, and Deputy Director Two Abdullaev held a meeting with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Uzbekistan represented by the First Deputy Minister Dr. Farkhad Arziev.

On 21 April 2021, our Chief Economist Hans Holzhacker participated as a panelist in a virtual policy dialogue for North and Central Asia organized by UNESCAP.

the CAREC Institute Deputy Director One Dr. Liang Ziqian participated in Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) Annual Conference 2021 in Hainan

The CAREC Institute Deputy Director Two Dr. Iskandar Abdullaev participated in a webinar organized in the framework of the program titled “Water as a driver of sustainable recovery: economic, institutional and strategic aspects of water resources management in Central Asia,” supported by the Blue Peace of Central Asia initiative of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, and the Stockholm International Water Institute, with attendance of experts from sector ministries of Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan; EU, GIZ, and academia.

In an interview with China Daily, our Chief Economist Dr. Hans Holzhacker mentions that CAREC members could benefit from finding the right niche for the Chinese market to increase exports to the world's second largest economy.

On 16 February 2021, the Institute for Strategic and Regional Studies (ISRS) under the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan and the Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) Institute jointly held a roundtable on interconnectivity and cooperation opportunities between Central and South Asia.

The CAREC Institute, represented by Director Syed Shakeel Shah, and the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), represented by AIIB Vice President Konstantin Limitovskiy, met on 25 January 2020 in a virtual mode to discuss post-COVID-19 recovery in CAREC.