Business Partners

General International Partner

“Russian Railways” JSC

“Russian Railways” JSC is one of the largest rail companies in the world with huge volumes of passenger and freight transportation. The company has high ratings, qualified specialists in all the spheres of the rail business, extensive scientific and technological basis, project and construction foacilities, experience in international cooperation. 100% of the stock of the company operating the railways network as long as 85,5 thousand kilometers belongs to the RF state. Russian Railways, OAO performs the transportation of 1,3 bln passengers and 1,3 bln tons of freight annually.

Russian Railways, JSC belongs to the top 3 of the leaders of the rail industry of the world.
The major objectives of the company – to ensure the demand opf the state, legal units and the people in rail transportation, work and services rendered by the rail transport, as well as bringing profit.

Strategic objectives of the Company:

Increasing the scale of the transport business;
Increasing the production and economic efficiency;
Increasing the quality and safety of transportation;
Deep integration into the Euro-Asian transport system;
Increasing financial stability and efficiency.

www.rzd.ru

General Partner

Azerbaijan Railways

http://www.railway.gov.az/

Partner

OJSC «TransCreditBank»

OJSC «TransCreditBank», established in November 1992, is a top-15 Russian bank by assets. The Bank provides a full range of banking services to its corporate and retail clients. The Bank’s extensive network of 43 branches and 243 offices covers over 190 cities and communities across Russia (as of September 1, 2010). JSC Russian Railways is TransCreditBank’s controlling shareholder with 54.4% stake. The Bank has the following credit ratings: Ba1 (Stable) from Moody’s and BB (Stable) from Standard & Poor’s.

http://www.tcb.ru/

The letters of support

Igor Levitin, Transport Ministry of the Russian Federation

On behalf of the Transport Ministry of the Russian Federation and on my own behalf, I welcome the participants, guests and organisers of the International Regional Rail Business Forum “Strategic Partnership 1520: the Caucasus Region”.

Ziya Mamedov, Ministry of Transport of the Azerbaijan

On behalf of the Ministry of Transport of the Azerbaijan Republic I send greetings to the participants in the International Regional Rail Business Forum “1520 Strategic Partnership: Caucasus Region”.

Vladimir Yakunin, “Russian Railways” JSC

On behalf of Russian Railways, I would like to welcome the participants, guests and organisers ofthe International Regional Rail Business Forum "Strategic Partnership 1520: the Caucasus Region".

Arif Askerov, Azerbaijan RailwaysI send my greetings to the participants, guests and organisers of the first International Regional Rail Business Forum “1520 Strategic Partnership: the Caucasus Region”, which will take place in the hospitable city of Baku from 11 to 13 October 2010.

Vladimir Dorokhin, Embassy of the Russian Federation in the Republic of AzerbaijanOn behalf of the Embassy of the Russian Federation in the Azerbaijan Republic and myself personally I send greetings to the organizers, participants and guests of the International Regional Rail Business Forum “1520 Strategic Partnership: Caucasus Region”.

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