Azerbaijani, Russian railway CEOs discuss cooperation

Russian Railways Chief Executive Officer -Chairman of the Executive Board Oleg Belozerov held a meeting with Chairman of Azerbaijan Railways CJSC Rovshan Rustamov in Moscow on April 26.

They announced a significant increase in traffic along the western route of the ITC "North-South". It was announced that the volume of transportation for the first quarter almost doubled compared to last year, while five times more containers were transported, Vestnik Kavkaza reports.

Belozerov and Rustamov drew attention to the work on border junctions, pointing out the need to increase the capacity of the railway checkpoint Samur (RF) - Yalama (AR).

In addition, it was discussed that it would be reasonable to synchronize the reconstruction of the border railway sections on both sides.

The heads of the railways noted another important area for cooperation, which is the introduction of electronic exchange of information about cargo.