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Estonia, Russia sign accord on cooperation in transport
BC, Tallinn, 20.12.2017.Print version
An agreement on cooperation in transport was signed between Estonia and Russia at Muuga harbor near Tallinn on December 19th, informs Interfax/BNS/LETA.
The cooperation protocol was signed by Ahti
Kuningas, deputy secretary general of the Estonian Ministry of Transport
and Communications responsible for transport, and Russian deputy minister of
transport Sergei Aristov.
The protocol deals with different aspects of cooperation in the field of
transport and logistics. The parties agreed to try and raise the speed of the
Tallinn-St. Petersburg-Moscow train to the same level with that of the St.
Petersburg-Helsinki train connection, where border checks are conducted on
board while the train is en route.
In addition matters related to road use tariffs were discussed.