Infrastructure Minister to sign from Ukraine Protocol on amendments to the Basic multilateral agreement on international transport for development of TRACECA
The Government supported the draft Order of the President to authorize the Minister of Infrastructure to sign from Ukraine the Protocol amendments to the Basic
multilateral agreement on international transport for development of the Europe-the Caucasus-Asia Corridor.
Ukraine and the other participating states in the TRACECA programme will develop the
market of
international rail ferry transportation. During
the 11th annual meeting the TRACECA Intergovernmental Commission in
Istanbul scheduled signing of the Protocol on amendments to the Basic
multilateral agreement on international transport for development of the Europe-the
Caucasus-Asia Corridor.
The draft order of the President of Ukraine on
authorizing
Minister of Infrastructure of Ukraine Andrii Piwowarsky to sign the Protocol was supported by the Government on January 21.
"The signing of this Protocol will afford to create an international legal mechanism for the transportation of goods in rail ferry communication
with the involvement of port authorities, port operators, the national railway
operators and shipping companies on the Black and
Caspian Seas," explained during a meeting of the
Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine Andrii Piwowarsky.
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Amendments to the
Agreement on international transport for development of the Europe-the
Caucasus-Asia Corridor shall improve mutual conditions of transit of goods
between the TRACECA member countries. Ukraine will have alternative transport
communications to establish trade relations with the countries of Europe and
Asia, which will significantly strengthen its competitive position on the
world markets of transport services and will create conditions for increasing
the level of integration of the national transport and transit infrastructure
into Eurasia logistics projects. |