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MONGOLIA ATTENDS ASIAN TRANSPORT MINISTERS' FORUM
Ulaanbaatar, /MONTSAME/ Transport ministers from across Asia have agreed to work on a treaty to promote the development of dry ports - inland transport and logistics hubs - to facilitate regional trade.
The agreement came at the end of the first session of the Forum of Asian Ministers of Transport, which concluded Friday at the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) in the capital, Bangkok.
The ministers including Mongolia's Deputy Minister of Road, Transport, Construction and Urban Planning T.Purevdorj
agreed to develop an intergovernmental agreement on dry ports to provide connectivity and integration of the Asian Highway and the Trans-Asian Railway networks, creating an international integrated inter-modal transport and logistics system, according to the Bangkok Declaration on Transport Development in Asia.
At the first session of the Forum, Mr Purevdorj made a report on Mongolian government's policy and measures taken on transportation. The forum is important for Mongolia which is a landlocked country, in his address Purvedorj noted. "Mongolian government's project 'Millennium Road' creates a possibility to interlink regional countries through АН-3, АН-4 and АН-32 of Asian highway network," he said.
Under the auspices of ESCAP, countries in the region have already adopted two intergovernmental agreements--on the Asian Highway and the Trans-Asian Railway networks--to promote the development and standardization of 87,420 miles (141,000 kilometers) of roadways and 70,680 miles (114,000 kilometers) of railways, linking the continent with Europe and serving as arteries for international trade, especially for landlocked countries in the region.
"Dry ports will play an important role in integrating modes of transport, reducing border crossing and transit delays, facilitating the use of energy-efficient and lower emission means of transport, and creating new clusters of economic growth and job creation in local areas," the ESCAP said in a press statement.
The first session of the Forum brought together 27 Asian countries including Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Tajikistan and Turkey. In his opening message on Monday, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon stated that "enhanced regional connectivity is especially important" in addressing development issues.
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The agreement came at the end of the first session of the Forum of Asian Ministers of Transport, which concluded Friday at the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) in the capital, Bangkok.
The ministers including Mongolia's Deputy Minister of Road, Transport, Construction and Urban Planning T.Purevdorj
agreed to develop an intergovernmental agreement on dry ports to provide connectivity and integration of the Asian Highway and the Trans-Asian Railway networks, creating an international integrated inter-modal transport and logistics system, according to the Bangkok Declaration on Transport Development in Asia.
At the first session of the Forum, Mr Purevdorj made a report on Mongolian government's policy and measures taken on transportation. The forum is important for Mongolia which is a landlocked country, in his address Purvedorj noted. "Mongolian government's project 'Millennium Road' creates a possibility to interlink regional countries through АН-3, АН-4 and АН-32 of Asian highway network," he said.
Under the auspices of ESCAP, countries in the region have already adopted two intergovernmental agreements--on the Asian Highway and the Trans-Asian Railway networks--to promote the development and standardization of 87,420 miles (141,000 kilometers) of roadways and 70,680 miles (114,000 kilometers) of railways, linking the continent with Europe and serving as arteries for international trade, especially for landlocked countries in the region.
"Dry ports will play an important role in integrating modes of transport, reducing border crossing and transit delays, facilitating the use of energy-efficient and lower emission means of transport, and creating new clusters of economic growth and job creation in local areas," the ESCAP said in a press statement.
The first session of the Forum brought together 27 Asian countries including Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Tajikistan and Turkey. In his opening message on Monday, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon stated that "enhanced regional connectivity is especially important" in addressing development issues.
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