“Production [of various commodities] is shifting from the West to the East. There is a need in an efficient transportation corridor for supplying the commodities produced in Asia and in our region to the West,” said Arslan. “The projects that we have been implementing in the country since 2003 pursue exactly this goal.”
“By planning such projects as the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway, the construction of the third airport, and others, Turkey intends to integrate international projects to the national plan of development of the transportation sector,” added Arslan.
“The Ashgabat declaration, signed in Turkmenistan, enables us to be one step closer to our goal,” he said.
The Trans-Caspian international transportation route runs from China to Europe through Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Turkey and Ukraine.
The first test container train from China arrived at the Baku International Sea Trade Port on Aug. 3, 2015.
New competitive tariffs on the Trans-Caspian corridor came into force on June 1, 2016.
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