Turkmenistan Invites Kazakhstan To Build Railway Through Afghanistan To Pakistan And India
Date
7/23/2024 7:18:57 AM
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency)
ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan, July 23. The Turkmen
authorities invite Kazakhstan to participate in the construction
project of the Turgundi - Herat - Kandahar - Spin-Boldak railway,
which will run from the western border of Turkmenistan through
Afghanistan to Pakistan and further to India, Trend
reports.
This was announced by the Director of the Agency for Transport
and Communications under the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan,
Mammetkhan Chakiyev, at a trilateral meeting of representatives of
Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, and Afghanistan within the framework of
the first North-South Transport Trade and Export Forum in
Aktau.
According to him, Turkmenistan has already agreed with the
Afghan authorities on the creation of a logistics center in the
city of Turgundi on the Afghan-Turkmen border, the construction of
which is planned to begin in the near future.
He noted that at the moment it is planned to build facilities
for the transshipment of grain, containers, and other goods, and
after the launch of the project, it is expected that the logistics
center will give impetus to an increase in cargo turnover from
Turgundi.
"We invite Kazakhstan's side to participate in the construction.
It is known that you have established high-quality production of
the upper railway track. There are many other possibilities.
Turgundi - Herat is not only the construction of a railway but also
the further development of freight traffic, attracting cargo in
this direction," he stressed.
Meanwhile, at a recent expanded meeting of the Government of
Turkmenistan, Mammetkhan Chakiyev noted that from January through
June of this year, the growth rate in the provision of services by
the Turkmendemiryollary Agency (Turkmenistan Railways) amounted to
5.1 percent.
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