BAKU, Azerbaijan, August 23. The Permanent Secretariat of the Intergovernmental Commission (PS IGC) TRACECA launches a pilot project on the application of the Global Transit Document (GTrD) on two routes, the press service of TRACECA told Trend.
GTrD, developed jointly with the International Center for Transport Diplomacy and the Intergovernmental Council of Road Workers, will be used in the transportation of goods on two routes: Azerbaijan - Turkmenistan - Uzbekistan - Tajikistan and Tajikistan - Uzbekistan - Kazakhstan- Azerbaijan.
"The working group has developed a detailed step-by-step plan for the implementation of the pilot project, which includes many activities, in particular, training of participants in the pilot transportation on the use of GTrD on the TradeLens shipment platform," TRACECA said.
According to the Secretary General of TRACECA Asset Assavbayev, this initiative will contribute to further simplification of trade and cargo transportation terms, especially for countries without direct access to the sea.