Transport Minister Janez Bozic took part on Friday in a Eurasian conference on road transport, which focused on cutting costs and increasing the effectiveness and profitability of Eurasian transport corridors. Bozic said that the conference in Warsaw closed with a joint statement, which saw the participants committing themselves to observing WTO rules on free transit, to cut red tape and rationalise costs and taxes.
The statement also promotes the development and support for new approaches in road transport. According to Bozic, the initiative focuses on the development of effective information and communication networks.
Bozic also met his Polish counterpart Jerzy Polaczek, with whom he discussed Slovenia's priorities during its EU presidency and the Galileo satellite-navigation system project.
Bozic told Polaczek that Slovenia was in favour of the project being continued as the EU had already invested EUR 1bn in it. The ministers were united in the view that the issue should be resolved during Portugal's EU presidency.
Bozic also highlighted the unification of air traffic rules, the management of road infrastructure and the interoperability of the railway network as Slovenia's priorities during its stint in the first half of 2008.
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