The Kazakh transport delegation comprising the officials from the international organization “Trans-Caspian International Transport Route" (TITR), the Khorgos Gateway/Logistics Center and the Kuryk Port met with the Turkish transport delegation composed of the representatives of the Turkey’s Ministry of Transport and Turkish State Railways (TCDD) on 16 November 2017 in Istanbul at the Secretariat of the Turkic Council.
During the meeting, organized with the assistance of the Secretariat of the Turkic Council, the parties made evaluations on the prospective cargo transportation that will be implemented through railway line of the Trans-Caspian Transportation Corridor, which gained more considerable importance in the scope of China’s “One Belt One Road” project and subsequent opening of Baku-Tbilisi-Kars (BTK) railway line.
The parties agreed that cooperation in the framework of the TITR, which also includes the member states of the Turkic Council, should be enhanced in the light of the recent developments. It was also agreed to coordinate their efforts for the establishment of regular transportation links of BTK railway line on the Trans-Caspian route and speed up contact traffic among the parties.
Project Directors Ali Çiviler, Assan Mazhitov and Research Expert Dastan Almen represented the Turkic Council at the meeting.
