Uzbekistan doubled cargo transportation through the ports of Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan in 2022
In January-September 2022, Uzbekistan increased cargo transportation through the ports of Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan by more than two times compared to the same period in 2021 – up to 701 thousand tons. About this, with reference to the Deputy Minister of Transport of the Republic of Uzbekistan Zhasurbek Choriev, RIA Novosti reports.
"According to statistical information, in relation to the 9 months of last year, the volume of cargo transportation of Uzbekistan with the participation of the ports of Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan has more than doubled this year, namely from 337 thousand tons to 701 thousand tons," Choriev said during a briefing on the eve of the summit of the Organization of Turkic States (OTG). The meeting will take place in Samarkand on November 11.
Choriev recalled that at the meeting of the Ministers of Transport of the Turkic states on October 27-28 in Tashkent, a memorandum of cooperation was signed between “Uzzheldorcontainer” JSC and the ports of Aktau and Kurik in Kazakhstan. "The full–fledged activity of the project of the electronic exchange of permit forms of the Ministry of Transport of the Republic of Uzbekistan and the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure of Turkey has also been launched," the Deputy head of the Ministry of Transport said.
According to him, during the OTG summit it is planned to sign two important documents initiated by the Uzbek side: the agreement on international multimodal transport between the member states of the organization and the program of cooperation in the field of transport.
The Cooperation Council of Turkic-speaking States (Turkic Council), established in 2009, decided to change its name to the Organization of Turkic States at the Istanbul summit in November 2021. The organization includes Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkey and Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan and Hungary participate as observers.
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