The Middle Corridor in the Spotlight

Potential of the Middle Corridor and possibilities for attracting more traffic flows
Tools and instruments for transport infrastructure financing
Current actions and future plans for transport corridor digitalization
Role of the Middle Corridor in advancing green agenda

Ghida Fakhry

International broadcast journalist

Ghida Fakhry is a veteran international broadcast journalist with over 25 years experience working with some of the world’s major television news networks. Before relocating to London, she was based in Washington DC where she served as Host and Executive Producer for TRT World’s flagship programs: Inside America with Ghida Fakhry, a weekly US political program and Bigger than Five, a monthly global affairs program.

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Levan Davitashvili

Vice Prime Minister, Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development of Georgia

Levan Davitashvili assumed the role of Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development of Georgia in February 2022, concurrently serving as the Vice Prime Minister since July 2021.

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Abdulkadir URALOĞLU

Minister of Transport and Infrastructure of the Republic of Türkiye

Abdulkadir URALOĞLU was born in 1966, in Trabzon.
After graduating from Karadeniz Technical University Civil Engineering Department in 1988, URALOĞLU started to work in the private sector in the same year.

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Rashad NABİYEV

Minister of Digital Development and Transport of the Republic of Azerbaijan

Rashad Nabiyev obtained a master’s degree in economics from East Carolina University, USA.

Mr. Nabiyev started his career at the Information Resources and Technology Center and the Foreign Relations Department of the Presidential Administration of the Republic of Azerbaijan. He later moved to the Market Operations Department of the Central Bank of the Republic of Azerbaijan, which was followed by the role of head of the Finance, Accounting and Economic Analysis Department of the Ministry of Communications and Information Technologies.

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Kitack Lim

Secretary-General of the International Maritime Organization (IMO)

Mr. Lim (Republic of Korea) is the Secretary-General of the International Maritime Organization (IMO).

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Umberto de Pretto

Secretary General, (IRU) World Road Transport Organization

Umberto de Pretto took up office as Secretary General of the International Road Transport Union (IRU) in June 2013. He joined the IRU in 1995 as Head of Economic Affairs. He then became Policy Coordinator and Head of Strategy, and was appointed Deputy Secretary General in 2002. His vision looking forward to 2020 is that the IRU will lead the road transport industry in embracing innovation and making sure that the industry is ready for the challenges and opportunities ahead.

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