(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, April 25. The AzerbaijanInternational Road Carriers Association (ABADA) and the NationalAssociation of Carriers of Bulky and Heavy Goods of Kazakhstan havesigned a memorandum on the promotion of the Middle Corridor,Trend reports.
According to ABADA, the signing ceremony was held within theframework of a meeting on the expansion of cooperation in the fieldof cargo transportation between Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan.
Additionally, the meeting discussed the problems faced by roadcarriers in both countries in this area, further development oftransport and logistics services, improvement of support mechanismsfor small and medium-sized businesses, joint activities to ensuresustainable development of transportation, promotion of the MiddleCorridor, and other issues, and exchanged views on the issuesraised.
As a result of the meeting, a memorandum was signed.
To note, the middle corridor links the container rail freightnetworks of China and the European Union countries through CentralAsia, the Caucasus, Türkiye, and Eastern Europe.
A multilateral multimodal transportation infrastructure linksferry terminals on the Caspian and Black Seas with the railwaysystems of China, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Türkiye,Ukraine, and Poland.
The middle corridor facilitates increased cargo traffic fromChina to Türkiye, as well as to European countries and in theopposite direction.
A route train along this corridor delivers cargo from China toEurope in an average of 20–25 days, and this is one of the mainadvantages of this transport corridor.
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