Caspian Week Forum launches as part of WEF in Davos

The World Economic Forum held in Davos for the 50th anniversary will host The Caspian Week Forum, which aims at popularizing the Greater Caspian region and attracting investment for the fourth year in a row.

Report informs that the idea of creating and holding the annual Caspian Week Forum was implemented in 2017 by Integral Petroleum SA, Switzerland, a member of the World Economic Forum. So far, the Caspian Week Forums have been successfully held in 2017, 2018, and 2019.

The main objective of the Caspian Week Forum is to develop economic, cultural, educational and scientific ties between the Greater Caspian Region (which includes the countries surrounding the Caspian and Black seas), as well as attract investment and new technologies,

This year, the Forum will feature such well-known personalities in politics and Economics as Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia, former US Ambassador to Azerbaijan Matthew Bryza, former President of the Swiss Parliament Filippo Lombardi, Economy Minister of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Mustafa Mastoor, former Russian Ambassador to Germany Vladimir Kotenev, Adviser to the President of the A+A group of companies for Kazakhstan  Andreas Baumgartner, Immediate Past President, FIATA Baber Badat.

Experts will share their views on the prospects and solutions for the development of the region in the session "Caspian transport corridor in the light of global change" that scheduled on January 21. Matthew Bryza will deliver a speech on "the Trans-Caspian corridor: Strategic reliability in an era of instability." The Forum will also host a round table of experts will be organized on the topic "Prospects for the Trans-Caspian gas pipeline," where SOCAR Vice President Elshad Nasirov will deliver a speech.

The Forum will host the session "Access to global markets: new transit opportunities for the Caspian region" on January 22, at 10:30 a.m. On the same day, Georgian Prime Minister, Mr. Giorgi Gakharia, will speak at the Forum at 19:00.