Kazakhstan Invites Pakistan To Join First North-South Transport Forum In Aktau
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency)
ASTANA, Kazakhstan, July 9. Kazakhstan has
invited Pakistan to participate in the 1st Transport, Trade and
Logistics Forum "North-South," scheduled to be held on July 19–20
in Aktau, Trend
reports.
The corresponding invitation was made by the Ambassador of
Kazakhstan to Pakistan Yerzhan Kistafin to Abdul Aleem Khan,
Federal Minister for the Board of Investment, Privatization, and
Communication.
During the negotiations, the parties discussed the prospects for
interaction in the transport and logistics sector, which is a key
element of Kazakh-Pakistani cooperation.
The parties noted the significant transit potential of both
countries, the qualitative development of which can have a positive
effect not only for Kazakhstan and Pakistan, but also for the
regions of Central and South Asia. In this context, the main
corridors are identified along which the transportation of goods
from Kazakhstan has intensified, including to third countries
through the seaports of Pakistan.
Abdul Aleem Khan supported the need to develop and strengthen
transport and logistics routes connecting the two countries and
regions, which will certainly help increase both bilateral and
regional trade, as well as intensify new areas of mutually
beneficial cooperation.
Meanwhile, the North-South Transport Corridor was founded on an
international agreement signed on September 12, 2000, by Russia,
Iran, and India. The agreement has been ratified by 13 nations in
total (Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bulgaria, Armenia, India, Iran,
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, the Sultanate of Oman, Russia, Tajikistan,
Türkiye, and Ukraine).
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