Kazakhstan invites Switzerland to revive the Silk Road
On September 28th, the Joint Chamber of Commerce «Switzerland – CIS»JCC and the Swiss-Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry SCCChave co-organized the annual Forum «New Silk Road» as webinar with the topic «China's BRI and COVID-19 – Impact on Linkages in Energy, Infrastructure & Trade through Central Asia and the South Caucasus to Europe».
The development of new transcontinental transit routes attracts the attention of experts and entrepreneurs who see significant potential in the development of trade and economic cooperation between Switzerland and the Eurasian region. The main interest of Swiss experts in the Eurasian context of the «Belt and Road» Initiative is attracted by Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan.
As noted by the Deputy Chairman of the Board of the Foreign Policy ResearchInstitute of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan, former SCO Secretary General, Mr. Ambassador Bolat Nurgaliyev, for Eurasia, the «Belt and Road» Initiative represents an opportunity to create a solid foundation for sustainable development and qualitative reformatting of trade and economic processes on the continent. Emphasizing the prospects for modernizing the region's transport, logistics and digital infrastructure, he invited Swiss business to actively participate in the revival of the Silk Road.