Uzbekistan more than doubled the transportation of goods through the ports of Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan In January-September 2022 to 701,000 tons compared to the same period in 2021, said Jasurbek Choriev, Deputy Minister of Transport of Uzbekistan, RIA Novosti reported.
“According to statistical information, compared to 9 months of last year, the volume of cargo transportation in Uzbekistan with the participation of the ports of Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan this year has more than doubled, namely from 337,000 tons to 701,000 tons,” Choriyev said.
He takes part in the summit of the Organization of Turkic States (OTG). The summit will be held in Samarkand on November 11.
Choriyev 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 Uzrailcargo (Uzjeldorcontainer) JSC and the ports of Kazakhstan Aktau and Kurik.
“The full-fledged activity of the project for the electronic exchange of permit forms of the Ministry of Transport of Uzbekistan and the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure of Turkey has also been launched,” he said.
During the UTC summit it is planned to sign two important documents initiated by the Uzbek side: an agreement on international multimodal transportation between the member states of the organization and a program of cooperation in the field of transport, Choriev said.
The Cooperation Council of Turkic Speaking States (Turkic Council), established in 2009, decided to change its name to the Organization of Turkic States (OTS) in November 2021 at the Istanbul Summit.
The organization includes Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkey and Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan and Hungary participate as observers.
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Nov. 9, 2022