Ankara, SANA-The direct road transport between Turkey and Syria was reoperated after 14-year hiatus, Turkey’s transport minister Abdulkadir Uraloğlu announced on Friday.
“After a 14-year hiatus, direct international road transport between Turkey and Syria has resumed. Yesterday, four trucks passed through the Cilvegozu Border Gate, traveling from Mersin to Aleppo, and three trucks from Idlib to Mersin,” Abdulkadir Uraloğlu said in a statemen as Anadolu Agency reported.
He noted that the road transport between the two countries has been carried out in transit for “some time”, noting that with the resumption of transportation, vehicles with Turkish and Syrian license plates will now reach their destinations directly, eliminating the need to transfer cargo at the border.
Last week, Turkish Minister of Trade, Omar Bulat, announced that Syria would return to being a commercial transit country as it was before 2011, explaining that liberalizing transit traffic would have a positive impact on overall regional trade.
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