Transport ministers from TRACECA member-states to meet in Baku

During the meeting it is planned to continue the dialogue on issues, which were put for discussion on 17-18 February in Istanbul. They will also discuss regional transport issues, in particular, the Yerevan-Tbilisi railway project. Moreover, projects to be implemented only in one country Kishinev- Jurjulesht highway, and perhaps one more internal project on Ukraine.

The gathering will also mull financial investments by the countries. The budget of the secretariat for 2005 envisages investing $300,000 in 12 member- countries. "In 2004 every country was to pay $7,000, however Azerbaijan transferred $20,000. The over-fulfillment will be calculated under future payments," Alakbarov noted.