TASHKENT, Uzbekistan, May 15. Uzbekistan,
Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan, and Ukraine have signed an
intergovernmental agreement on a unified TRACECA transit permit
form, Trend reports
via the Ministry of Transport of Uzbekistan.
The agreement was signed during the 18th meeting of the TRACECA
Intergovernmental Commission held on May 15, in Astana,
Kazakhstan.
According to the document, transport operators will be able to
cross the territories of participating countries using a single
permit form without obtaining additional authorization
documents.
The initiative is aimed at reducing administrative barriers and
significantly shortening transit times along the TRACECA
corridor.
During the meeting, Uzbekistan’s Deputy Transport Minister
Jasurbek Choriyev was also elected Secretary General of
TRACECA.
