http://www.oreanda.ru. January 26, 2015. The Government supported the draft Order of the President to authorize the Minister of Infrastructure to sign from Ukraine the Protocol amendments to the Basic multilateral agreement on international transport for development of the Europe-the Caucasus-Asia Corridor.

Ukraine and the other participating states in the TRACECA programme will develop the market of international rail ferry transportation. During the 11th annual meeting the TRACECA Intergovernmental Commission in Istanbul scheduled signing of the Protocol on amendments to the Basic multilateral agreement on international transport for development of the Europe-the Caucasus-Asia Corridor.

The draft order of the President of Ukraine on authorizing Minister of Infrastructure of Ukraine Andrii Piwowarsky to sign the Protocol was supported by the Government.

"The signing of this Protocol will afford to create an international legal mechanism for the transportation of goods in rail ferry communication with the involvement of port authorities, port operators, the national railway operators and shipping companies on the Black and Caspian Seas," explained during a meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine Andrii Piwowarsky.

Amendments to the Agreement on international transport for development of the Europe-the Caucasus-Asia Corridor shall improve mutual conditions of transit of goods between the TRACECA member countries. Ukraine will have alternative transport communications to establish trade relations with the countries of Europe and Asia, which will significantly strengthen its competitive position on the world markets of transport services and will create conditions for increasing the level of integration of the national transport and transit infrastructure into Eurasia logistics projects.