Baku hosts ministerial session of OSJD
By Fatma Babayeva
Baku hosts the 44th ministerial session of the Organization for Cooperation of Railways (OSJD) on June 7, Spokesperson for Azerbaijan Railways Nadir Azmemmedov told Trend.
Azmemmedov noted that during the first days of the session, meetings of the working groups will be held.
The ministerial meeting will take place on June 9 with the participation of heads of railway agencies of the OSJD countries, which is devoted to the 60th anniversary of the organization.
OSJD was established in 1956 in Sofia, Bulgaria by the ministers of the leading railways and covers rail transport routes between Asia and Europe.
Members of this organization are the ministries of transport and central agencies leading the railway transportation of 27 countries. Azerbaijan is a member of OSJD since 1993.
Azerbaijan aims to increase its role as a transit country between East and West, as well as North and South by providing alternatives to the existing transport routes.
Construction of new Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway is underway.
In May 2016, Azerbaijan joined the international railway project Viking Train, which will further enable to up the country’s trade and transport potential.
In the meantime, Azerbaijan Railways agreed with railway agencies of Georgia and Kazakhstan to create the International Trans-Caspian Transport Consortium in April.
In addition, the country is a participant of the North South international transport corridor running from India to Helsinki as well.
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