ARMENIAN DELEGATION TAKES PART IN TRACECA CONFERENCE IN BAKU
Noyan Tapan
Dec 5, 2008
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 5, NOYAN TAPAN. The jubilee conference of transport
ministers of the TRACECA Europe-Caucasus-Asia Tranpsort Program member
states was held in Baku on December 4. The RA minister of transport
and comunication Gurgen Sargsyan stated during the December 5 press
conference that the Armenian delegation was led by the head of the
ministry’s external relations department, resident representative of
Armenia to TRACECA, national secretary Gagik Grigorian.
The minister said there were two main issues on the agenda: the
role of TRACECA program in the extension of trans-European transport
networks to neighboring countries, particularly in the development
of one of TRACECA corridors – the South-Eastern Axis; and the action
plan launched in this direction.
According to G. Sargsyan, the conference participants welcomed this
initiative of the European Commission, and agreed to set up a working
group which will discuss proposals on reforms of the program’s
activities and submit a package of decisions for approval at the
regular annual meeting of TRACECA Intergovernmental Commission to be
held in Bishkek in 2009.