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Freight traffic volume between Russia, Azerbaijan ups by 20%

22 October 2016 [11:25] - TODAY.AZ

By  Trend


The volume of cargo transportation between Russia and Azerbaijan increased by 20 percent for the first nine months of 2016 compared to the same period last year, the Federal Road Agency of the Ministry of Transport of Russia said in a message Oct. 21.

At the same time, the road transportation market of the two countries is divided almost in parity ratio between the carriers: currently, the share of Russian carriers is 53 percent, and the share of the Azerbaijani ones is 46 percent.

“The growth of foreign trade and road transportation volumes between Russia and Azerbaijan is the impetus for large-scale development of the International North-South Transport Corridor,” the message reads.

“The economic corridor project with a total length of 7,200 kilometers is aimed at the creation of the optimal opportunities for the movement of transit cargo from India, Iran, countries of the Gulf to the territory of Azerbaijan, the Russian Federation, and further in Northern and Western Europe,” the message said.

This fact was noted by representatives of the two delegations during the meeting of the Azerbaijani-Russian Joint Commission on cooperation in the field of international road transportation, according to the message. The event took place October 20-21 in Baku.

The Russian delegation was headed by Director of the Department of State Policy in Automobile and Municipal Passenger Transport at the Russian Ministry of Transport Alexey Bakirey.

The delegation also included Deputy Director General of Russian Agency of AutomobileTransport Ruslan Luzhetsky.

The Azerbaijani delegation was represented by the head of the State Road Transport Service of the Azerbaijani Ministry of Transport.

"During the meeting the sides agreed on a preliminary number of permits for 2017-2019,” the message said. “Some 18,000 permits are envisaged for bilateral and transit cargo transportation, 1,800 permits for the transportation of goods to / from third countries and 1,000 permits for the irregular passenger transport.

The Russian delegation put forward a proposal for the Azerbaijani colleagues to consider an issue of increasing the term of the authorization for a regular bus service up to five years as in the Russian regulations. Currently, the authorization remains valid for one year in Azerbaijan.

“The delegations agreed that the changes can be made to the protocol to the existing agreement on visa-free trips of citizens of Russia and Azerbaijan," the message said.

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