Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- A plenary session of the Transport Committee of United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) has opened in Bangkok via videoconference. Representatives of the Ministry of Investments and Foreign Trade took part in its work.

During the plenary session, delegations from 53 member countries and 9 associate members of ESCAP considered issues of strategic importance for the development of regional transport and the implementation of the Ministerial Declaration on Sustainable Transport Development in the Asia-Pacific region.

Within the framework of the ESCAP Regional Program for 2022-2026, projects for the development of international transport corridors "China - Kyrgyzstan - Uzbekistan", "Mazar-i-Sharif - Kabul - Peshawar", "Uzbekistan - Turkmenistan - Iran - India", as well as initiated projects in Uzbekistan to improve the security of international freight traffic were considered.

The Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific is one of the five regional commissions of the UN Economic and Social Council, located in Bangkok, Thailand. It was organized in 1947 to stimulate the economic cooperation of the participating countries.