Volume of transit between Kazakhstan and Iran increases

Kazakhstan and Iran agreed to expand cooperation. Iranian Minister of Roads and Urban Development Rostam Ghasemi and Minister of Trade and Integration of Kazakhstan Serik Zhumangarin agreed at a meeting in Tehran to sign a memorandum of understanding to expand cooperation in the field of transit and transport, IRNA reported.

According to the plans of the parties, the volume of transit between the countries should increase from 1 million tons of cargo to 4 million tons per year. As part of the agreements reached, it is expected to resolve issues related to the digitization of goods at customs, the equalization of tariffs, as well as the issuance of visas to drivers and businesses.

The parties also paid attention to the topic of facilitating the transit of goods along the China-Kazakhstan-Turkmenistan-Iran railway route and discussed multilateral cooperation on this issue.

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Nov.1, 2022