(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) ASTANA, Kazakhstan, March 15. A new transport
and logistics center in the Chinese city of Xi'an will
significantly increase cargo flow through the Trans-Caspian
International Transport Route (TITR, or Middle Corridor), said
President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev during the meeting of
the National Kurultai (Congress), Trend reports.
"To foster continued economic expansion, it's crucial to
leverage all our competitive strengths. Kazakhstan must take
decisive strides towards transforming into a pivotal transit hub
within Eurasia. Recently, we inaugurated a transport and logistics
center in Xi'an as part of the ambitious Kazakh-Chinese "One Belt,
One Road" initiative. This week, the first container train from
Xi'an arrived in Azerbaijan. The establishment of this new
logistics center will substantially augment cargo throughput along
TITR," Tokayev said.
According to him, the building and reconstruction of the
country's road network will give a powerful impetus to the
development of the economy.
"The works aim to cover a minimum of 12,000 kilometers of
highways, leading to a substantial enhancement in the transport
accessibility of settlements. This will foster increased business
activity and social mobility for residents. Additionally, the
government plans to boost gasification levels in settlements and
modernize at least 1,700 kilometers of networks, ensuring access to
natural gas for over 300,000 citizens. It's imperative to fully
leverage the capabilities of local businesses and domestic
enterprises when executing these infrastructure initiatives,"
Tokayev said.
The Middle Corridor links the container rail freight
transportation networks of China and the European Union through
Central Asia, the Caucasus, Türkiye and Eastern Europe.
Multilateral multimodal transportation infrastructure links
ferry terminals of the Caspian and Black Seas with railway systems
of China, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Türkiye, Ukraine, and
Poland.
The Middle Corridor facilitates increased cargo traffic from
China to Türkiye, as well as to European countries and vice
versa.
A route train along this corridor delivers cargo from China to
Europe in an average of 20-25 days, and this is one of the main
advantages of this transport corridor.
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