The 8th meeting of the North-South International Transport Corridor Coordination Council is also planned to be held in Azerbaijan this year.

Axar.az reports that the statement came from Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev during his speech at the 6th Summit of the Caspian littoral states in Ashgabat on June 29.

The head of state said that today Azerbaijan is one of the important transport and logistics centers of Eurasia:

"Our country plays an important role in the development of East-West and North-South international transport corridors. We strive for the efficient use of the Trans-Caspian international transport corridor. We see an annual increase in freight traffic through the East-West and North-South routes through Azerbaijan. The volume of transit cargo from the New Alat International Sea Trade Port is growing. was a contribution."