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
