YEREVAN, MAY 16, NOYAN TAPAN. The trucks - participants of the Black Sea Ring-Shaped Highway Caravan" (BSRHC) on May 16 crossed the Armenian border. They set off in Belgrade on April 14. NT was informed from the PR Department of the RA Ministry of Transport and Communication that the program was organized by the Secretariat of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation Organization (BSEC) and the Transport Association of the Black Sea Region (BSEC-URTA). 11 trucks from 12 countries (Serbia, Armenia, Russia, Ukraine, Georgia, Moldova, Bulgaria, Romania, Turkey, Greece, Albania and Azerbaijan) are participating in the program. The BSRHC program is implemented based on the mutual understanding memorandum on coordinated development of the Black Sea ring-shaped highway, which was signed at the April 19, 2007 sitting of the council of foreign ministers of BSEC countries. The sides that signed this document have come to an agreement to build a 7,000-kilometer ring-shaped highqway along the Black Sea. During the trip, it is envisaged to collect information about waiting time, procedures and payments at the border crossing points, as well as about visa-realted requirements towards professional drivers in BSEC countries and road infrastructures of the highway. These infrastructures will be developed through state and private invsetments.

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