The abolition of quotas and new flights: how Belarus and Uzbekistan develop transport links

At the working meeting, Minister of Transport and Communications Alexey Lyakhnovich and Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Uzbekistan to Belarus Nuriddin Mamajonov discussed the development of bilateral cooperation. This was reported by the press service of the Ministry of Transport.

Alexey Lyakhnovich stressed that the interaction of the two countries in the transport sector is distinguished by significant progress and a common vision of key tasks.

“The current volume of permits fully covers the requirements of bilateral road transport. At the same time, systematic work is being carried out aimed at long-term liberalization and abolition of quotas in this area. As for air traffic, the carriers of both countries operate parity flights between Minsk and Tashkent with a frequency of three times a week, he explained.

Rail transport also shows steady growth. Since July this year, the Slavic Caravan project, which organizes through trains to Uzbekistan, has been successfully operating.

Nuriddin Mamajonov noted the importance of further strengthening of existing transport routes.

We are interested in increasing the number of flights between the countries, in particular, to regional airports in Belarus. We are also open for the exchange of experience between higher and secondary special education institutions. We would like more and more young people from Uzbekistan to study at the Academy of Aviation and the Belarusian State University of Transport.

As a result of the discussions, the parties demonstrated their readiness to actively work on the implementation of the goals aimed at developing mutually beneficial economic cooperation.

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