Turkey 2008 - Building the New Silk Road

http://www.weforum.org 31.10.2008

Reaching South: Building the New Silk Road
New alliances, pioneered by business, are reshaping trade routes and investment flows throughout the region.

1) What is driving business integration in the Middle East and Central Asia?
2) What are the limitations and impediments to the emergence of continent-wide trade and investments, and can they be removed?
3) How will this reshape worldwide financial and trade flows?

Khalid Abdulla-Janahi, Chairman, Ithmaar Bank, Bahrain
Bulent Bulgurlu, Chief Executive Officer, Koç Holding, Turkey
Hamid Karzai, President of Afghanistan
Manouchehr Mottaki, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran
Kürsat Tüzmen, Minister of State for Foreign Trade of Turkey

Chaired by
Nik Gowing, Main Presenter, BBC World News, United Kingdom

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[waziland]

Thanks Karzai. You are the best among all of them. I hope that the Afghans will appreciate your abilities. Please remove Iranians or Pakistanis from your government. Shame on Spanta. He really degrade us in USA with his broken English and Iranian accent.

[beerobarDOTcom]

Karzai was the only one who is smart than all these people, he suggested real solutions. others just said random things.

[TurkishMujahid]

Kharzai = AMERICAN PUPPET !!

[hasibi100]

Great man Karzai.Proud of U and wish U long life

[istanbul4du]

i like president Karzai, he a high educated person, i like the way he is talking

[javidsharif]

tanx my presindet karzai x

Afghanistan .iran .tajikestan (persian people)

[Curious3guy]

Every Afghan whom uses the i at the end of a word is not an original Afghan.

De Aufghania PA HILLA!!

In the hope for the greater Afghan-i-STAN!!

[ShinwariMama223]

I couldn't understand whether Mataki, the foreign minister of Iran, can not speak in English or does not intentionally want to speak in English. ANY IDEA???????

[AryanaLand]

the elites of Afghanistan support you, the nobals, and the people who understand the value of intelligence, will always stand behind your MR. Karzai.

[ktoz4]

you made us realy proud karzai you are the real man for afghanistan afghanz are so lucky they got a president hamid karzai we will always stand by you ..