Uzbekistan And Kazakhstan To Build A New Railway Line“Darbaza Maktaaral”
Date
2/25/2023 12:12:50 AM
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) The new railway line with a length of more than 100 km will
allow unloading of goods at the“Saryagash” checkpoint and
additional transportation of up to 10 million tons of goods per
year, trend reports citing kun .
Minister of industry and Infrastructure Development Marat
Karabayev met with the Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador
of Uzbekistan to Kazakhstan Saidikrom Niyozkhodjayev.
The parties discussed implementation of industrial cooperation
projects, expansion of cooperation in the fields of industry,
transport and military-industrial complex.
Marat Karabayev noted that in the field of industrial
cooperation, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan are implementing 42 joint
projects with a total cost of $2.1 billion, creating more than
10,000 jobs. There are 29 of them in Kazakhstan, 13 in
Uzbekistan.
Also, during the meeting, the issues of transport projects, in
particular, the construction of the new railway line“Darbaza –
Maktaaral” were discussed.
The implementation of the 106 km line construction project from
“Darbaza” station to“Maktaarol” station makes it possible to
unload cargo at the“Saryagash” checkpoint and attract additional
cargo transportation of up to 10 million tons per year, as well as
to connect Maktaaral district (Turkestan region) with the main
railway line.
Also, according to the results of the negotiations, Marat
Karabayev and Saidikrom Niyokhodjayev agreed to help increase air
traffic between the countries.
To date, there are 20 weekly trips between the two countries: 5
on the Astana-Tashkent route, 14 on the Almaty-Tashkent route, and
1 on the Oktau-Nukus route.
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