Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- On 15-16 August this year, the International Conference of Ministers of Transport of landlocked countries on the theme "Ashgabat process: to strengthen interdependence" was held in the Avaza National Tourist Zone of Turkmenistan.

The plenary session of the conference “Financing of transport, development of ideas, experience, initiatives at the level of transport ministers for sustainable economic recovery after the global pandemic” was attended by the Minister of Transport of the Republic of Uzbekistan Ilham Makhkamov, Director General of the Agency for Transport and Communications under the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan Mammetkhan Chakiev, Minister Energy and Infrastructure of the United Arab Emirates Suhail Al-Mazrui, Iranian Minister of Transport and Roads and Minister of Urban Development Said Rustam Qasimi and Tajik Minister of Transport Azim Ibrahim were in attendance.

Within the framework of the conference, the Minister of Transport of the Republic of Uzbekistan Ilkhom Makhkamov held bilateral talks with the Director General of the Turkmen Agency for Transport and Communications Mammetkhan Chakiev and the Minister of Roads and Urban Development of Iran Said Rustam Qasimi on the development of mutually beneficial cooperation in the field of transport and logistics, the provision of mutual benefits in freight traffic and creating favorable conditions for national carriers.

In the course of negotiations with M. Chakiev, agreements were reached on organizing intermodal transportation of goods to Turkiye (through Lake Van) along the international transport and transit corridor "Uzbekistan-Turkmenistan-Iran" in the framework of the Ashgabat agreement, reducing fees for road transport, simplifying the procedure for obtaining Turkmen visas by national drivers of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

During negotiations with the Minister of Roads and Urban Development of Iran, Said Rustam Qasimi, an agreement was reached on reducing the established fees and charges for international road transport, organizing pilot freight road transport from the Chobahor port to Uzbekistan, and developing transport through Uzbekistan along the China-Europe transport route. .

As a result of the meetings, Minister of Transport Makhkamov signed a five-sided memorandum of understanding on introducing amendments and additions to the Ashgabat agreement, signed in 2011.