TRABZON - "These trucks contribute to love, peace, welfare and friendship in the countries they have been touring," Nuri Okutan, Governor of Black Sea city of Trabzon said on Wednesday.
Okutan was speaking at a ceremony held to welcome the convoy of trucks that arrived in Trabzon to promote the Black Sea ring highway that will be built with contributions from the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC) countries.
On the other hand, BSEC Secretary General Leonidas Chrysanthopoulos thanked everybody who contributed to the formation of the convoy, "we believe that the convoy will also have a positive impact on the 7,500 km Black Sea ring highway and BSEC."
Lorries from 12 BSEC member states left Belgrade on April 19th and made stopovers in Serbia, Albania, Greece, Bulgaria, Romania, Moldova, Ukraine, Russia, Azerbaijan, Armenia and Georgia. They will arrive in Trabzon on Wednesday, and a welcome ceremony will be held in front of the city's town hall.
BSEC aims to improve highways and ports in member states to make possible a liberal highway transportation. Within this framework, two agreements were signed in Belgrade on April 19th and trucks from 12 BSEC member states left this city the same day to promote the BSEC ring highway to be constructed soon.