BAKU, Azerbaijan, October 15
By Jeila Aliyeva - Trend:
Azerbaijan is an important partner in the region for Poland, the Ministry of Infrastructure of Poland told Trend.
“We actively cooperate in meetings of government administration (Intergovernmental Commission for Economic Cooperation, Working Group for Transport), railway companies, and business entities. The framework of cooperation with the Azerbaijani Railway is within OSJD organization, Trans-Caspian International Transport Route, and also South-West Corridor,” said the ministry, adding that the synergy of these activities gives tangible effects, including in the form of launching container connections between China and Europe via Azerbaijan and Poland.
The ministry added that in the year 2017 the "Memorandum on strategic cooperation between the PKP S.A. and Azerbaijan Railways JSC” was signed, as part of the declaration of common interests in supporting, promoting, and developing strategic cooperation in the area of railway transport.
The reasons for the signing of such a document were to highlight the strategic position of Poland and Azerbaijan and to express the will to harness the mutual potential in this regard, added the Polish ministry.
“KP Group takes an active part in promotional and economic cooperation events with the representatives of Azerbaijani Railway and representatives of Azerbaijani transport and logistics companies. Topics of such discussions include the tariff policy as well as the cargo container transport technology used along the Trans-Caspian route,” concluded the ministry.
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