An international conference of ministers of transport began its work  in Avaza

ArmInfo.On November 28, 2018, the International Conference of Ministers of Transport of the States Parties to the Agreement on Transit and Transport Cooperation  (Lapis Lazuli) began its work in the Avaza National Tourist Zone in  the city of Turkmenbashi, the Press Release of the Embassy of  Turkmenistan to the Republic of Armenia reports.

At the beginning of the conference, a congratulatory message from the  President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, addressed to the  participants of the International Conference of Ministers of  Transport of the States Parties to the Agreement on Transit and  Transport Cooperation (Lapis Lazuli) was read out.

Then the heads of the delegations participating in the International  Conference of Ministers of Transport (Lapis Lazuli) made their  presentations: Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of  Turkmenistan M.Chakiyev, First Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic  of Azerbaijan Yagub Eyyubov, First Deputy Prime Minister of the  Republic of Uzbekistan Achilbai Ramatov, Minister of Transport and  Infrastructure of the Republic of Turkey Jahit Turhan, Minister of  Transport of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Tahmasi Mohd Hamid  and Deputy Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development of Georgia  Akaki Sagirashvili.

Also in the first part of the international conference, delegations  discussed issues such as the role of interstate cooperation in the  development of the international transport corridor L?pis-Lazuli and  the importance of logistics companies in the development of transport  corridors.