i would like to express my gratitude to the president of the republic of uzbekistan shavkat miramanovich meziev the invitation to the sco summit. a few months ago, i had a very successful state visit to uzbekistan and i am glad today to be again on the fraternal land of uzbekistan in the ancient beautiful city of samarkand under the leadership of my brother shavkat miromonovich mirziyoyev, uzbekistan has gone through the path of rapid development and successful reforms in recent years. i would like to inform colleagues about transit and transport and logistics azerbaijan makes a significant contribution to the launch of regional communication projects such as the east-west and north-south corridors, currently the baku international sea trade port, which has a handling capacity of 15 million tons per year, which can be increased to 25 million in the first 7 months of this year . transit through the territory of azerbaijan increased by almost 50% azerbaijan has the largest civilian cargo fleet in the caspian basin, numbering 52 ships all types of ships. over the past 20 years, roads with a length