The purpose of the Forum is to formulate a new concept of the North-South MTK, which will help all interested market players to find practical solutions and answers to the questions that are already being asked, to help increase cargo traffic right now, without waiting for the infrastructure of the corridor to be completed, a single operator will appear, etc.

Main topics and sessions of the Forum:

• The needs and offers of Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, the Middle East, South Asia and
  East Africa.
• Three North-South MTK routes (western, trans-Caspian, and eastern) in terms of cost, speed, reliability, and complexity of transportation.
• Using the capabilities of the North-South MTC for parallel import and transit to the UAE, the countries of the Arabian Peninsula, East African countries, India, China and Southeast Asia.
• The problems of the development of the North-South MTC are political, economic, customs and financial, sanctions and military.
• Financial schemes for the movement of cross-border payments and cargo insurance. Legal issues. The investment opportunities of MTK North-South are the expansion of the network of trade centers, the creation of trading houses in Iran and the countries of the Middle East. FEZ and 0E3.
• Export-import marketing.
• Round tables on doing business in Iran, Iraq, and Afghanistan.
• Eastern and Southern Africa, South Asia in the area of the North-South MTK countries.