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Bulgarian Minister of Transport signs declaration on development of Orient/East-Med Corridor

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Bulgarian Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications, Ivaylo Moskovski, has signed a declaration for the development of rail freight corridor "Orient / East Mediterranean". The event was part of the conference "Days of TEN-T 2016," organized by the European Commission in Rotterdam. The documents was also signed by the transport ministers of Austria, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Greece and Germany. "The development of international freight transport will contribute to the development and smooth functioning of a sustainable single European railway area," Minister Moskovski said during the forum. According to him, the inclusion of the Western Balkans in the Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T) was of great importsnce for Bulgaria.



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