Astana needs railway linking EXPO-2017 facilities with airport - Czech President
ASTANA. KAZINFORM - President of the Czech Republic Miloš Zeman has suggested constructing a railway that will link the center of Astana city with the Astana International Airport and EXPO-2017 facilities.
He put forward the proposal at the Kazakhstani-Czech Business Forum in Astana on Monday. "We suggest constructing a railway linking the center of the city, airport and EXPO-2017 facilities," President Zeman said addressing his counterpart President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev at the forum. President Nazarbayev, in turn, suggested the Czech side transferring its plants and assemblies to Kazakhstan. "Only here you will find a huge market consisting of countries of Central Asia, Russia and Western China. For instance, the world's biggest agricultural companies and automakers already have their assemblies here in Kazakhstan," the Kazakh President added.