The transport departments of Uzbekistan and Russia are discussing the use of an alternative transport corridor through Afghanistan to the countries of Southeast and South Asia, RIA Novosti reports.
Representatives of the transport departments of Uzbekistan and Russia discussed in Tashkent options for the formation of new logistics transport corridors to increase the volume of international cargo transportation, the press service of the Ministry of Transport of Uzbekistan said.
"The parties exchanged views on the potential of an alternative multimodal transport and transit corridor Russia-Kazakhstan-Uzbekistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan, linking the Russian Federation with Southeast and South Asia," the statement said.
The meeting participants agreed to continue discussing the development of new transport and transit corridors in 2023, and also identified further ways to enhance the deepening and expansion of bilateral cooperation.
As a result of the meeting, the autonomous non-profit organization "Directorate of International Transport Corridors" of the Ministry of Transport of Russia and the center for studying the problems of the development of transport and logistics under the Ministry of Transport of Uzbekistan signed a memorandum of cooperation.
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January 31, 2023