16 April 2010 | Ministers of Transport of the BSEC Member States met in Sofia on 14-15 April 2010 under the Chairmanship of the Republic of Bulgaria in BSEC. At the Meeting, the Deputy Secretary General of the BSEC-URTA Mr. Adrian Albu participated and delivered a speech where he emphasized the utmost importance of legal framework created for development of transport in the BSEC region such as projects on the development of the Black Sea Ring Highway and Motorways of the Sea in the BSEC Region, but especially the Memorandum of Understanding on Facilitation of Road Transport of Goods in the BSEC as the tool for improvement of appropriate infrastructure, procedures and quality of services.
At the Meeting, transport ministers adopted a special Ministerial Declaration, where they have agreed, particulariy, to take note of the commitment of the interested Member States to further develop the effectiveness and efficiency of the BSEC PERMIT Pilot Project within the framework of facilitating the road transport of goods in the BSEC Region, and to reiterate the invitation to the BSEC Member States that have not yet done so to adhere to major UNECE International Agreements and Conventions in the field of transport and effectively implement them and encourage joint activities of BSEC and UNECE in addressing the related issues in the BSEC Region including road safety.
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