ASTANA, Kazakhstan, November 16. Kazakhstan continues to take measures to unlock the potential of the North-South transport corridor, said Prime Minister Alikhan Smailov, Trend reports.
As he stated, a road map for the development of this route has been prepared in collaboration with Iran, Turkmenistan, and Russia.
Implementing this roadmap will boost the corridor's capacity from 10 to 15 million tons by 2027.
Smailov also emphasized the significance of the Kazakhstan-Turkmenistan-Iran railway as the quickest link between ECC states in Central Asia and the Middle East.
Cargo traffic along this route in the direction of Iran climbed by 9 percent in the first nine months of this year, surpassing 1.5 million tons.
The foundation of the North-South Transport Corridor was laid on the basis of the intergovernmental agreement signed between Russia, Iran, and India on September 12, 2000. Azerbaijan joined this agreement in 2005.
In total, 13 countries have ratified the agreement (Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bulgaria, Armenia, India, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, the Sultanate of Oman, the Russian Federation, Tajikistan, Türkiye and Ukraine).
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