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05.03.2022
Temirbek Asanbekov and Aleksey Avramenko, Minister of Transport and Communications of Belarus, discussed developing integration in transport
The meeting between Temirbek Asanbekov, Minister in charge of Energy and Infrastructure, and Aleksey Avramenko, Minister of Transport and Communications of the Republic of Belarus, was held as part of the EEC delegation’s visit to Belarus from March 3 to 5 and was devoted to discussing relevant matters of integration development in the field of transport.
The meeting was also attended by Dauren Sabitov, Director of the EEC Transport and Infrastructure Department, and Elena Valenta, Deputy Director of the EEC Transport and Infrastructure Department. Officials of the EEC Department informed the Belarusian colleagues in detail about the Department’s current activities, problems, achievements and prospects of sector-specific work.
Upon completing the meeting, EEC Minister Temirbek Asanbekov presented officials and employees of the Ministry of Transport and Communications of the Republic of Belarus with certificates of appreciation and letters of gratitude on behalf of the Eurasian Economic Commission for their significant contribution to developing the Eurasian economic integration.
The EEC Minister thanked the Belarusian party for its involvement in the current integration agenda, noting key objectives for developing the transport industry the Commission and the EAEU countries are faced with today. Primarily, he highlighted delivering on objectives for removing existing restrictions on transportation by all modes of transport within the EAEU by 2025. "Solving this issue will give a progressive impetus to all sectors of the transport industry", Temirbek Asanbekov believes.The meeting discussed issues calling for special attention of the Heads of the EAEU countries’ transport ministers: cabotage transportation of goods, the Shipping Agreement and preparing draft acts required for its practical implementation, creating conditions for transit development, in particular, using navigation seals in road and rail transport as well as transiting to the use of electronic documents.
The EEC Minister expressed gratitude to the Belarusian party for its prompt internal approval of the draft Agreement on permissible masses, axle loads and vehicle dimensions when driving on the EAEU countries’ highways and simultaneously asked to accelerate enacting the Agreement on Navigation in the Republic of Belarus: "The Agreement is one of the EAEU core documents enabling access to inland waterways and thereby creating conditions for transit development in the region".Temirbek Asanbekov informed his Belarusian colleague on the possibility being explored to organize a meeting of the Council of Heads of Authorized Bodies in the field of Transport of the EAEU Member States within the Eurasian Economic Forum to be held on May 26-27 in Bishkek simultaneously with the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council. Aleksey Avramenko confirmed his attendance in the upcoming meeting of the EAEU countries’ Ministers. The Ministers agreed to further discuss problematic issues of coordinated development of the EAEU countries’ transportation industry, the possibility of extending international transport cooperation and other important aspects of interaction in the present realities.
The meeting was also attended by Dauren Sabitov, Director of the EEC Transport and Infrastructure Department, and Elena Valenta, Deputy Director of the EEC Transport and Infrastructure Department. Officials of the EEC Department informed the Belarusian colleagues in detail about the Department’s current activities, problems, achievements and prospects of sector-specific work.
Upon completing the meeting, EEC Minister Temirbek Asanbekov presented officials and employees of the Ministry of Transport and Communications of the Republic of Belarus with certificates of appreciation and letters of gratitude on behalf of the Eurasian Economic Commission for their significant contribution to developing the Eurasian economic integration.
