Astana, Kazakhstan, Dec.17
By Daniyar Mukhtarov - Trend:
Kazakhstan and China have agreed to increase the number of container trains, said the message of Samruk-Kazyna JSC.
It is reported that an agreement on cooperation between the Kazakh national company Kazakhstan Temir Joly (Railway of Kazakhstan) and Chinese Railways, which was signed Dec.15 in Astana following the meeting of the Kazakhstan-China Business Council, will become the groundwork for this treaty.
"The agreement provides for the development of freight traffic between Kazakhstan and China, as well as via the railway transport corridors of China-Kazakhstan-Europe, China-Kazakhstan-the Central Asian countries and in the opposite direction," said the message of Samruk-Kazyna JSC.
The message said that the development of railway border crossings of Dostyk-Alashankou and Altynkol-Khorgos, railway infrastructure on the approaches to them, electronic data interchange, as well as improving the technology of container traffic, increasing the number of container trains between Kazakhstan and China, deepening cooperation with logistics companies of Kazakhstan and China are also planned.
It is reported that the aim of the agreement is the strengthening and development of cooperation between the railway administrations of Kazakhstan and China.
Kazakh-Chinese Business Council (KCBC) was established at the request of the heads of the two countries in 2013. The Council was established in order to further promote trade and economic cooperation, promotion and development of cooperation between Kazakhstan and China in various sectors of the economy.
The Constituent meeting of the Board was held September 7, 2013.
Edited by CN
