Aktau hosts 1st transport trade-export forum ‘North-South’
The first-ever transport trade-export forum ‘North-South’ took place In Aktau, Kazinform News Agency reports citing the press service of the Kazakh Transport Ministry.
Kazakhstan intends to continue active participation in the development of the eastern branch of the ‘North-South’ Corridor. At the forum, Kazakhstan, Iran, Turkmenistan, and Russia signed a roadmap for synchronous development of the potential of the eastern route of the international transport corridor ‘North-South’ for 2024-2025.
Implementation of this document by 2027 will increase the corridor’s capacity to 15 million tons per year, and by 2030, to 20 million tons, according to the Ministry of Transport.
The plan is to connect the North-South corridor with the Trans-Afghan corridor through the construction of new railways.
The forum served as a platform for dialogue between 500 participants from 12 countries.
