US hopes for success of talks on NATO transit hub in Ulyanovsk
Earlier, the media reported that the Russian Federation is ready to sign with the North Atlantic Alliance an agreement on multimodal return transit of goods from Afghanistan, which will combine air and land transport of goods. According to this scheme, cargoes should be delivered by air from Afghanistan to the Russian Federation, bypassing Uzbekistan, while trains should be formed in Russia for further shipment of cargoes to NATO countries. The airfield in Ulyanovsk was considered as a transit point.
Last week, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in the State Duma that the draft agreement on the establishment of a transit point in the Ulyanovsk region has not yet entered into force. And the Foreign Ministry said that the ministry, together with the competent Russian departments, had prepared proposals for creating the necessary regulatory framework for the possible launch of a combined transit scheme, and this issue is under consideration by the Russian government.
She refused to give any details about the progress of the negotiations and the details of creating a transit point.
"I can not talk about any details of the agreement, let's leave this discussion until the moment it appears. But I am sure it (the agreement) is being discussed," the state department official said.
Earlier, on March 21, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said in an interview with RIA Newsthat Russia will receive material compensation in exchange for the establishment of a NATO transit point in the Ulyanovsk region. According to the deputy minister, compensation payments for tariffs charged for transportation by rail are made constantly.
The Deputy Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation recalled that the cooperation of the Russian Federation with NATO on the transit of non-lethal goods through Russian territory from Afghanistan and into Afghanistan is carried out because Moscow considers important the tasks that the international forces are undertaking there to promote security.
Earlier, the governor of the Ulyanovsk region Sergey Morozov said in an interview with the media that he supported the idea of creating a NATO transit point in Ulyanovsk, since this would lead to the creation of new jobs and the loading of the transport system.
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