Moldova asks doubling share of TRACECA authorizations for international road transport

Chisinau, 31 May /MOLDPRES/- Moldova asks to increase the share of TRACECA authorizations for international road transport from 230 to 500. This issue was discussed at a meeting between Minister of Economy and Infrastructure Chiril Gaburici and Secretary General of the permanent secretariat of the intergovernmental commission TRACECA, Mircea Ciopraga.

“We want Moldova to benefit from the 500 international road transport permits, which will create attractive conditions for the development of transport along the TRACECA corridor, including improving the transport infrastructure,” he said.

To increase the effectiveness of the TRACECA system for international road transport, the countries participating in the 13 meeting of TRACECA intergovernmental commission reached an agreement to increase the number of authorizations to around 500 for each country. The TRACECA intergovernmental commission ensures efficient and reliable transport links between Euro-Asia and promotes the development of regional transport dialogue.

Ciopraga said that Moldova could benefit from 1 January 2019 from a larger number of authorizations for the international road freight transport. He also said that the corresponding amendments to the technical document should be included. At the same time, Ciopraga invited Gaburici to attend the third TRACECA Investment Forum, due in Bucharest in May 2019, when Romania will hold the EU presidency.

At present, the TRACECA countries implement the “Multilateral agreement on international transport for development of Europe-Caucasus-Asia corridor”. The TRACECA programme was set up in May 1993 between Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia. Moldova was accepted in 1999.

(Reporter V. Bercu, editor M. Jantovan)