TRUCKS – PARTICIPANTS OF "BLACK SEA RING-SHAPED HIGHWAY CARAVAN" PROGRAM ARE IN ARMENIA
Noyan Tapan
May 16 2007
YEREVAN, MAY 16, NOYAN TAPAN. The trucks – participants of the Black
Sea Ring-Shaped Highway Caravan" (BSRHC) on May 16 crossed the Armenian
border. They set off in Belgrade on April 14. NT was informed from the
PR Department of the RA Ministry of Transport and Communication that
the program was organized by the Secretariat of the Black Sea Economic
Cooperation Organization (BSEC) and the Transport Association of the
Black Sea Region (BSEC-URTA). 11 trucks from 12 countries (Serbia,
Armenia, Russia, Ukraine, Georgia, Moldova, Bulgaria, Romania, Turkey,
Greece, Albania and Azerbaijan) are participating in the program.
The BSRHC program is implemented based on the mutual understanding
memorandum on coordinated development of the Black Sea ring-shaped
highway, which was signed at the April 19, 2007 sitting of the
council of foreign ministers of BSEC countries. The sides that signed
this document have come to an agreement to build a 7,000-kilometer
ring-shaped highqway along the Black Sea. During the trip, it is
envisaged to collect information about waiting time, procedures and
payments at the border crossing points, as well as about visa-realted
requirements towards professional drivers in BSEC countries and
road infrastructures of the highway. These infrastructures will be
developed through state and private invsetments.