Azerbaijan, Baku, May 14 / Trend , E.Ismayilov/
A meeting of the CIS Council on Rail Transport will be held in Minsk on May 21-22, Press Secretary of the Azerbaijani State Railway Office (ASRO) Nadir Azmammadov said on May 14.
"The ASRO will take part in this meeting, but we do not have information about the agenda," Azmammadov said.
He said Azerbaijan will be represented at the meeting with the delegation, led by ASRO Head Arif Asgarov.
The CIS Council for Rail Transport and its acting executive body - the Board of Direction have been established by heads of governments of the Commonwealth Agreement, dated Feb. 14, 1992 to ensure stable economic relations, their strengthening and development.
Members of the Council are the CIS countries' railway administrations. Railway administrations of Latvia and Bulgaria will attend the meeting as associate members, as well as Estonia and Lithuania will partake in the meeting in accordance with treaties. A representative of the International Confederation of Trade Union of Railway and Transport Builders will take part in the meeting as an observer.
The Board examines and decides issues on the operational activities of the railways, joint use and maintenance of freight cars and containers, conditions of transport of passengers and cargo, security of train traffic in international communication, development of accounting systems and mutual reports on the implemented work and services, research and technical cooperation and other issues.
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