Representatives of the transport and customs authorities of Uzbekistan have held regular consultations with the Turkic Council Secretariat, via videoconference.

The meeting was attended by Deputy Minister of Transport of Uzbekistan Abdusamad Muminov, Deputy Secretary General of the Turkic Council Mirvokhid Azimov, experts from the Ministry of Transport, the State Customs Committee and the Association of International Road Carriers of Uzbekistan (AIRCUZ).

The parties discussed issues of increasing the competitiveness of the Trans-Caspian international transport route and exchanged views on the implementation of a demonstration tour along the Trans-Caspian route.

The parties also touched upon the issues of involving Uzbekistan dry ports in the process of twinning ports and the implementation of the Caravanserai project, as well as identified further steps to digitalize the cargo transportation system through the implementation of the eTIR, ePermit and eCMR projects.