The 83rd meeting of the Council for Railway Transport of the CIS Member States took place in Baku, Azerbaijan, on November 25-26, 2025.
The meeting was attended by Council members – authorized representatives of the railway administrations of the Republic of Azerbaijan, the Republic of Armenia, the Republic of Belarus, the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, the Russian Federation, the Republic of Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, the Republic of Uzbekistan, and associate Council members from the International Confederation of Railway Workers’ Unions, the CIS Executive Committee, and the Directorate of the Council for Railway Transport of the CIS Member States, as well as representatives of railway administrations from the following countries:
– Afghanistan;
– Georgia;
– the Islamic Republic of Iran;
– the Republic of Latvia;
– the Republic of Estonia;
– the Organization for Cooperation of Railways, Republic of Poland.
Deputy Secretary-General of the CIS Ilkhom Nematov delivered a welcoming address on behalf of the CIS Executive Committee.
Ilkhom Nematov emphasized the special role of the railway sector in the transport and economic development of the Commonwealth of Independent States.
He noted that the CIS Railway Transport Council is one of the most effective and authoritative structures within the Commonwealth. Over the years, it has maintained its reputation as a reliable and influential mechanism for sectoral cooperation, capable of effectively responding to new challenges and needs of countries in the economic and transport spheres.
CIS Deputy Secretary-General informed the heads of railway administrations about the high assessment of their work by the authorized representatives of the CIS Member States in the Commission on Economic Issues under the CIS Economic Council. He also reported that the issue of the Council’s Report has been included in the agenda of the 108th meeting of the CIS Economic Council, scheduled for December 5 in Moscow.
In conclusion, Ilkhom Nematov noted the active participation of Council and Directorate representatives in the work on preparing the Strategy for Digitalization of Key Multimodal Transport Corridors of the CIS Member States and the Action Plan for implementing the second stage of the CIS Economic Development Strategy until 2030.
The meeting addressed 11 agenda items, including:
– Tariff Policy of Railways for International Freight Transport for the 2026 Freight Year;
– Results of Developing the Plan for Forming Freight Trains and the Plan for Forming Container Wagons in International Traffic for 2025-2026;
– The Status of Mutual Settlements Between Railway Administrations for the First Eight Months of 2025, etc.
The Council meeting was productive, with decisions on all discussed issues adopted unanimously.
The next meeting of the CIS Railway Transport Council will be held in the second quarter of 2026 in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan.