On Tuesday the meeting of the Milli Majlis (Parliament) discussed joining the agreement on international North-South transport corridor. Sattar Safarov, the chairman of the Milli Majlis Standing Commission on Economic Policy, gave overhaul information on the agreement, Trend reports.
According to Safarov, Azerbaijan will be able to speed up its social and economic development through joining the agreement. “It will establish conditions to open new jobs, automate railway sphere, develop tourism,” the chairman of the Commission underlined.
Safarov stressed that the North-South transport corridor would stretch from Scandinavian Peninsula to India and Chine through Azerbaijan. “Some countries joined the agreement, while Georgia, Bulgaria, Finland and Azerbaijan seek for joining,” he said. Deputies unanimously voted for joining the agreement.
The meeting approved the agreement on credit between Azerbaijan and the International Development Association, the draft agreement between the International Development Association and the Foundation for Social Development of Azerbaijani internally displaced persons, the agreement on establishment of interstate council on cooperation in polygraph and the framework convention of the World Health Organization on struggle with smoking.