As part of the official visit of the President of Kazakhstan Kasym-Zhomart Tokayev to Turkey, an agreement on cooperation in the field of transportation by rail by railway transport on the Middle Corridor was signed.
The agreement was signed by the Kazakh state transport and logistics holding Kazakhstan Temir Zhola and the State Railway Company TCDDDDD Taşimacilik a.ş ..
the document is aimed at increasing the volume and efficiency of railway transportation on this route. The Minister of Transport and Infrastructure of Turkey Abdulkadir Uraloglu said this in a conversation with an ANADOL agency correspondent.
Uralogl noted that the visit of the President of Kazakhstan contributed to the strengthening of the interaction between the two countries in the field of logistics. The average corridor is striving to increase the volume and efficiency of railway transport on this route. In this context, it is planned to launch regular railway routes between Turkey and Kazakhstan. Competitive tariffs and the multimodal logistics infrastructure is strengthened, ”said Uralogl.
According to the minister, the efforts to strengthen the average corridor, which is also considered as a modern silk road, are activated. goods when crossing interstate boundaries, joint development of digital technologies in order to increase the efficiency of the transportation process and the possibility of tracking the promotion of goods, including by introducing a uncomfortable electronic document management, as well as mutual investments.
“Our strategic partnership is aimed at further activation of the role of Turkey and Kazakhstan in global logistics, raising the improvement. competitiveness of the average corridor and contribution to the process of regional economic integration, ”the Minister of Transport and Infrastructure of Turkey summed up.