Macedonia and the Russian Federation will sign Wednesday a cooperation agreement in the field of railway transport of passengers and commodities, MIA reports from Moscow.

The agreement simplifies border, customs and other formalities related to transport of passengers and commodities. Competent bodies and organizations are expected to additionally conclude agreements on regulating issues over technologies for arranging the transport.

This is the first Macedonia-Russia accord in railway traffic, scheduled to enter into force 30 days after its ratification by the two countries.

Minister of Transport and Communications Mile Janakieski and Russian counterpart Igor Levitin will sign the agreement.

Minister Janakieski, who attends the 5. International Forum "Transport of Russia" in Moscow, is set to maat later today with Deputy-Minister for Regional Development and co-chair of the inter-governmental commission for commercial-economic and scientific-technical cooperation Maxim Travnikov, as well as leadership of company "Stroytransgaz", focusing on gasification issues.