Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- The IV “Tbilisi Silk Road Forum” was held in the capital of Georgia on 26-27 October, in which about two thousand guests from almost 63 countries of the world took part. 

The event participants discussed global economic problems, ways to solve them, relevant aspects and prospects for cooperation towards ensuring interconnectedness between states.

The Minister of Transport of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Ilkhom Makhkamov, took part in this forum and made a speech at a panel session on the topic “Middle Corridor in the Spotlight.” Ilkhom Makhkamov put forward a number of proposals to deepen mutually beneficial partnership with the participating countries of the “Middle Corridor”.

In particular, he noted the need:

joint development of a mechanism for using the potential of the corridor, organizing regular meetings of representatives of transport departments of the countries of the region and the European Union;

making efforts to increase infrastructure capacity, as well as the number of sea vessels in the Caspian Sea;

application of a flexible tariff policy along the entire route;

accelerating the process of digitalization of customs clearance procedures for goods and shipping documents.