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The decision made by the heads of five states is connected with the fact that pilot shipments within the framework of "Eurasian Agroexpress" project showed the attractiveness and efficiency of agricultural products deliveries along the "North-South" corridor.

"In connection with the reorientation of a number of transport routes, the demand for the North-South corridor has increased significantly. Pilot shipments to Iran and India made within the framework of the project confirmed the attractiveness of the direction. Our countries have great potential for expanding their transit and export potential," said Andrey Slepnev, Minister of Trade of the Eurasian Economic Commission.

At that he especially emphasized the exceeding of the targets of the "Eurasian Aeroexpress" during the first year of its work.
A total of 525.5 thousand tons was transported within the project in 2022, including 282.9 thousand tons of refrigerated cargo.
The nomenclature of goods included chicken and beef meat, milk powder, oil and fats, fruits and vegetables and leguminous products.

"Despite the current restrictions from China on the supply of products in connection with the pandemic, multimodal transport to this country was very active," - said Andrei Slepnev.

Achievement of agreements with the People's Republic of China on the removal of restrictive measures and optimization of customs and other administrative procedures in the transport of agricultural products is also noted in the adopted Order.

The meeting of the Eurasian Intergovernmental Council was attended by heads of government of the Eurasian Economic Union - Chairman of the EMU, Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Mikhail Mishustin, Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan, Prime Minister of Belarus Roman Golovchenko, Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Alikhan Smailov, Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of Kyrgyzstan Akylbek Zhaparov, as well as Chairman of the College of the Eurasian Economic Commission Mikhail Myasnikovich and heads of government of Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan.

The next meeting of the Eurasian Intergovernmental Council will be held on June 7-9 in Sochi (Russian Federation).

Synopsis
The initiative to implement a joint project of Member States of the Eurasian Economic Union for the implementation of accelerated containerized railway and multimodal transport of agricultural products "Eurasian Agroexpress" was supported by EMPU Decree № 3 on February 25, 2022. The priority of the project is to develop a regular rapid delivery of agricultural products and food of the member states both on the domestic market and on the markets of third countries. The Eurasian Agro Logistic" was created to perform the functions of the directorate of the joint project.

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