During a formal ceremony which was held at the Aprin Railway Station near Tehran, the capital city of Iran, on 21 July 2024, the container block train of Iran-China resumed its operation from Iran (Qom City) to China (Yiwu City) after these trains between the two countries suspended their service due to the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic.

On 17 June 2024, a working meeting was held at the OSJD Committee between Chairman of the OSJD Committee Mirosław Antonowicz and Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Akhmet Kakabaevich Gurbanov. The working meeting was also attended by Head of the European Countries Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Batyr Allagulyevich Yusubov and First Secretary of the Embassy of Turkmenistan in the Federal Republic of Germany and the Republic of Poland (with residence in Berlin) Ovezgeldi Orazmuhammedovich Dzhumanazarov.

The 51^st session of the OSJD Ministerial Conference, scheduled for 18 till 20 June 2024, has started its work in the OSJD Committee premises in Warsaw.

The meeting of authorized representatives of the Contracting Parties to the PGV Agreement on updating the PGV Agreement, examination of amendment and change proposals to the PGV with regard to charge rates for use of freight wagons and bogies in international rail traffic (hereinafter called “the meeting”) was held at the OSJD Committee offices in Warsaw from 4 to 6 June 2024 according to the Work Plan of the OSJD Commission on Freight Traffic for 2024 and decision on sub-item 2.2 of the expert meeting of the Contracting Parties to the PGV, held from 3 to 5 April 2024 in Warsaw. The issues relating to the adoption of draft Work Plan on Updating the Agreement on use of freight wagons in international traffic (PGV) for 2025 were also tackled.

As part of the work in the topical area “Improvement of the Agreement on the Use of Freight Wagons in International Traffic (PGV)” mandated by the approved Work Plan of the OSJD Commission on Freight Transport for 2024, a scheduled meeting of the Rate Calculation Working Group set by the Parties to the PGV Agreement was held at the OSJD Committee offices in Warsaw on 13-14 May 2024 (hereinafter, the Meeting).

From 15 till 19 April 2024, the Meeting XXXVIII of the Conference of General Directors (Authorised Representatives) of OSJD was held in Ashgabat, the capital of Turkmenistan, with the participation of the delegations from:

The expert meeting of the Parties to the Agreement on Use of Freight Wagons in International Traffic (hereinafter referred to as meeting) was held in the OSJD Committee in Warsaw from 3 to 5 April 2024 in compliance with the Work Plan of the OSJD Commission on Freight Traffic for 2024 in the field of updating the Agreement on Use of Freight Wagons in International Traffic (hereinafter referred to as PGW Agreement).

According to the Work Plan of the OSJD Commission on Transport Law, an expert meeting of the OSJD Commission on Transport Law on SMGS issues was held in Astana (Republic of Kazakhstan) from 2 to 5 April 2024.

The meeting was attended by experts from the following SMGS member countries: Republic of Azerbaijan, Republic of Belarus, Hungary, Georgia, Republic of Kazakhstan, People’s Republic of China, Kyrgyz Republic, Mongolia, Republic of Poland, Russian Federation and the OSJD Committee.

In accordance with the Work Plan of the OSJD Commission on Transport Policy and Development Strategy, a meeting of the AWG on the statistical issues in railway transport was held at the OSJD Committee (Warsaw) from 19 till 20 March 2024, which was attended by the AWG members from: the Republic of Azerbaijan, Republic of Belarus, Republic of Kazakhstan, People’s Republic of China, Republic of Latvia, Slovak Republic, Republic of Uzbekistan, Republic of Estonia, as well as the representatives of the OSJD Committee.

In accordance with the Work Plan of the OSJD Commission on Transport Law for 2024, on 12-14 March 2024, the OSJD Committee hosted an expert meeting of the OSJD Commission on Transport Law on the SMPS issues, which was attended by the representatives of OSJD member countries from the Republic of Azerbaijan, Republic of Belarus, Hungary, Republic of Kazakhstan, People’s Republic of China, Kyrgyz Republic, Republic of Latvia, Mongolia, Russian Federation, Slovak Republic, Republic of Tajikistan, Republic of Uzbekistan, Ukraine and Republic of Estonia, as well as of the Railway of Moldova State Enterprise and of the OSJD Committee.