Turkmenistan will build a cargo terminal at the dry port of Turgundi at its own expense
The Turkmen Railway Company plans to build a loading and unloading area with an indoor warehouse complex in the dry port of Turgundi at the expense of its own investments, and work is already underway on this project. Draft bilateral memoranda on the allocation of land for the construction of a warehouse complex and its management have been sent to the Afghan side through diplomatic channels.
"We hope to sign them soon and start practical work," Chairman of the Turkmendemirellary Agency (Turkmen Railways) Azat Atamyradov said at the Turkmen-Afghan business forum on Monday.
He noted that quite recently, from February 11 to 18, Turkmen specialists of the railway industry, during a working visit to the neighboring country, discussed with their Afghan colleagues the preparation of a draft feasibility study for the construction of the Turgundi-Herat railway with a length of 173 km.
As part of the Lapis Lazuli Corridor, this road, together with the new cargo terminal in Turgundi, will create additional conditions for the development of the Afghan economy, the activation of small and medium-sized businesses in the country, and the export of Afghan products to the markets of neighboring countries, Turkey and Europe.
There are two border railway crossings between Turkmenistan and Afghanistan, Serhetabat-Turgundi and Imamnazar-Akina. Turkmenistan has also built the Kerki- Imamnazar-Akina-Andhoy railway and implemented a number of other projects to develop Afghanistan's railway infrastructure.
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