ECONOMY
OSCE ORGANIZE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON TRANSPORT ISSUES IN DUSHANBE
National secretary of the TRASECA intergovernmental commission for Azerbaijan Akif Mustafayev and representatives of the Transport Ministry and State Customs Committee represented Azerbaijan in the event.
A. Mustafayev delivered a report entitled “Role of Azerbaijani in effective exploitation of the Europe-Caucasus-Asia transport corridor ”. In an interview to AZERTAG correspondent A. Mustafayev said: “We gave a comprehensive information on the actions taken in Azerbaijan towards effective use of the transport corridor. We used slides in our speeches. We updated the participants on the increase in cargo transportation, changes in the infrastructure and stressed the significance and strategic importance of construction of the Kars-Akhalkalaki, Tbilisi-Baku railway. We suggested the event participants to support the project. Despite the protest of Armenian representatives, most states positively assessed the project. We also noted that Armenia left unanswered the Foreign Ministry’s proposal on rebuilding of the Agdam-Khankendi-Lachin-Yerevan-Nakhchivan transit highway.
OSCE is believed to organize the second international conference on transport issues in March 2006 in Baku.