The New Silk Road

It is always a pleasure to be in Azerbaijan, a country I have had visited many times. I have friends here. And the history and geographic location of Baku at the edge of the Caspian Sea and being the heart of the Silk Road, wher Marco Polo and many others established trade between East and West, between Europe and China.

So this is the place to be for a dialogue around Customs and Trade, which means that Baku also today is at the center of international supply chain and global value chains – through the New Silk Road (prev. One Belt, One Road) for all transport modes.