Kazakhstan - Turkmenistan - Iran: Cooperation on line

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Today in JSC "NC" KTZ " was discussed operation of the new railway line Kazakhstan - Turkmenistan - Iran.

On the eve of the tripartite talks, Vice - President of KTZ Kanat Alpysbayev met bilaterally with the Vice President of Iran Railways Hussein Ashouri.

Today, during a working meeting with the Deputy Minister of Railway Transport of Turkmenistan Begench Geldiev and vice-president of Iran Railways Hussein Ashouri discussed the organization of high-speed container service on the territories of the three countries with the new line.

Considered the draft organization of container trains from China in transit through the territory of Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan and Iran to Turkey, transportation of goods, following in India, Pakistan and the Gulf states, Kazakhstan's readiness to send ferroalloys to the port of Bandar Abbas and later in South Korea, Japan.

The parties, in order to increase the traffic on the new line, considered the tariff conditions on existing and alternative routes of transportation. The meeting focused on the need to provide uniform competitive through tariff rates for container trains, as well as the transport of grain from Russia and Kazakhstan to Iran to Tehran and transit through Iran to the port of Bandar Abbas and ferrous metals from Kazakhstan to Iran.

Based on the results of bilateral and trilateral meetings signed a protocol containing proposals for the implementation of the issues discussed.

Press-office of JSC "NC" KTZ "