Doubling the transit of Uzbekistan goods from Afghanistan to Pakistan

– International news – Tasnim news agency, Abdul Samad Momenov, Deputy Minister of Transport of Uzbekistan stated that the improvement of transportation infrastructure, optimization of routes and creation of favorable conditions as well as Providing tariff priorities and providing digital solutions to unify the transport document can significantly reduce the delivery time and share of costs. He added that these measures can in turn lead to the growth of trade and have a beneficial effect on the situation. the economy of the countries involved, but in order to achieve these goals, the active cooperation of all the countries that the routes pass through is necessary. “Trans-Caspian” international transport route can reduce the delivery time by 2-3 times compared to the current “South Asia-EU” maritime transport.

This Uzbek official also stated that his country in It is currently pursuing an active policy to create new alternative corridors at the intersection of the two main trade routes, North-South and West-East.

He noted that Uzbekistan is actively taking the initiative to organize goods transportation The extension of the new multimodal corridor “Belarus-Russia-Uzbekistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan” will strengthen with access to Indian Ocean ports.

Abdul Samad Mominov continued: This transport route from the railway stations of the CIS countries to Afghanistan and then through Afghanistan to Pakistan and the ports of the Indian Ocean.

Uzbekistan’s Deputy Minister of Transport noted that the transit volume of goods from this country and from Afghanistan to Pakistan has more than doubled and reached more than 600 thousand tons has reached.

In addition, he said, cargo transportation in the direction of China-Europe is developing rapidly, because in 2022, the volume of cargo transportation in this direction will reach more than It has reached 220 million tons.

On November 1, 2023, within the framework of the first transport forum of the member states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, the ministries of transport of Russia, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan signed a memorandum of understanding on the creation of the Belarus corridor – Russia – Kazakhstan – Uzbekistan – Afghanistan – Pakistan signed.

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