YEREVAN, DECEMBER 5, NOYAN TAPAN. The jubilee conference of transport ministers of the TRACECA Europe-Caucasus-Asia Tranpsort Program member states was held in Baku on December 4. The RA minister of transport and comunication Gurgen Sargsyan stated during the December 5 press conference that the Armenian delegation was led by the head of the ministry's external relations department, resident representative of Armenia to TRACECA, national secretary Gagik Grigorian. The minister said there were two main issues on the agenda: the role of TRACECA program in the extension of trans-European transport networks to neighboring countries, particularly in the development of one of TRACECA corridors - the South-Eastern Axis; and the action plan launched in this direction. According to G. Sargsyan, the conference participants welcomed this initiative of the European Commission, and agreed to set up a working group which will discuss proposals on reforms of the program's activities and submit a package of decisions for approval at the regular annual meeting of TRACECA Intergovernmental Commission to be held in Bishkek in 2009.

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