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Coordinating Council on Transsiberian Transportation is interacting with international transport organizations, in particular with the Organization for Cooperation of Railways (OSJD), International Union of Railways (UIC), International Rail Transport Committee (CIT), and European Intermodal Association (EIA). At the 16th Plenary meeting of the CCTT on November 2, 2007 a Cooperation Agreement was signed between the CCTT and the OSJD. Development of cooperation is planned in the following areas: - improvement of cargo transportation via OSJD transport corridors;
- common analysis of work on the OSJD International transport corridor No. 1, including the Transsiberian route with all its branches;
- consolidation of positive practices in cargo transportation via the TSR;
- elaborating proposals and recommendations on improving the development of cargo transportation via the TSR;
- increasing the volumes of cargo transportation via the Transsiberian route, including intermodal transportation, through creating competitive conditions based on improving the transport service quality, simplifying control procedures on railway transport at border crossings, implementing modern technological processes in international cargo transportation;
- improving the legal base of the transportation process;
- establishing a common information space;
- developing a harmonized legal framework for the transportation process in the International transport corridors;
- planning and exercising test runs of container block trains in international traffic.
On December 6, 2007 at the 2nd Asian Regional Assembly of the UIC, Secretary General of the CCTT Gennady Bessonov and Deputy Chief Executive of the UIC Vipin Sharma signed a Memorandum of Cooperation.  UIC
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