IMO’s Ivaylo Valev participated in the International High-level Conference on the role of Transit Transport Corridors in ensuring International Cooperation and Sustainable Development, held in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan (3 to 4 September). The conference, attended by delegations from 36 countries and 16 international organisations, was hosted and organized by the Government of Turkmenistan, in collaboration with the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UN ECE), the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UN ESCAP), the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE)/Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic Activities and the OSCE Centre in Ashgabat and the International Road Transport Union (IRU).