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MOSCOW, March 6.  (Corr. Ria " Novosti ").  The transit must ensure
the rise of transport and of all the economy of Russia, A declares
Tuesday Serguei Frank, Minister for Transport, with the college of the
Russian ministry of Transport.

According to Serguei Frank, his ministry A works out the fundamental
principles of the policy in the field of the transit.  Thanks to this
policy and by using the corridors of transport passing by its
territory, Russia will gain significant additional receipts coming
from transport carry out Western Europe in Asia and vice versa.

The idee of the development and the organization of these corridors of
transport has ete approuvee has the 2nd international eurasiatic
Conference which was taken place last September, has rappele Frank.
The project has ete developpe in the agreement concluded by the
governments from Russia, India and Iran to which have the intention of
adherer Kazakhstan, Lithuania, Bielorussie and other countries.  This
agreement signs during the conference prevoit the creation of the
corridor of " North-South " transport.

With regard to the project " West-Is ", it received fresh impulse
during recent visits of Russian president Vladimir Poutine in Republic
of Coree and in Vietnam, when an agreement intervened on the junction
of the railroads of the RDPC and the Republic of Coree with
Transsiberien.

The use of the air transits is also prevue, let know Serguei Frank.
The opening of the lines croisees between the airports of America of
North and the South-East Asia has already ete officially annoncee.