The head of Russian Railways Oleg Belozerov and the chairman of the agency “Turkmendemirellary” (Turkmen Railways) Azat Atamuradov signed a cooperation development program for 2023-2025.
The document provides for cooperation in the following areas:
- development of transportation and logistics services, including the organization of a regular container service along the eastern route of the international transport corridor “North–South” (INSTC) and a block train offering a minimum delivery time for agricultural products, raw materials and industrial goods between Turkmenistan and Russia;
- construction, modernization and reconstruction of infrastructure;
- development of human resources;
- digitalization.
In addition, the document suggests the possibility of opening a representative office of Russian Railways in Turkmenistan and a representative office of Turkmendemirellary in Russia.
Earlier, Russian Railways decided to support the container transportation along the eastern branch of the INSTC by introducing a 20% discount for the entire 2023 on export-import container freight through Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan. ///nCa, 9 December 2022