1st Meeting of Working Group
for Implementation of Trans-Asian Railway Mainline
ECO Secretariat, Tehran, 21 June 2006
Press Release
The First Working Group Meeting for Implementation of
Trans-Asian Railway Mainline was held in the ECO Secretariat/Tehran on June
19-20, 2006, by attendance of delegations of the Republic of Azerbaijan,
Islamic Republic of Iran, Republic of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Islamic
Republic of Pakistan, and Republic of Turkey.
The main technical issues relating to full operation of
passenger and container trains between Istanbul and Almaty were discussed in
this meeting where some decisions for solving the existing problems were
also made. Determining fixed tariff rate along the whole route, proposal to
apply similar carriage charge rates between Iran, Turkey and Turkmenistan in
the other Member States, organizing a joint official team consisting of the
concerned Member States and the ECO Secretariat for negotiation with
Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan to encourage them for closer cooperation and
further contribution for implementation of Trans-Asian Railway Mainline were
among the decisions made by the ECO Member States in this Meeting.
Kazakhstan accepted hosting the Second Meeting of the Working Group in
Astana in year 2007.
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