‘The volume of cargo transportation between Uzbekistan and other member countries of the Organization of Turkic States (OTS) in 2021 amounted to 27.6mn tons, of which over 80% were transported by rail, and more than 18% - by road’, the Deputy Minister of Transport of Uzbekistan Jasurbek Choriyev stated at a briefing in Samarkand.
The Deputy Minister highlighted that ensuring interdependence in the transport sector and communications plays a vital role in the economic interaction between the OTS member states and its regions.
'The shortest transcontinental routes between Europe and Asia pass through the Turkic countries. Therefore, their unification and integration would increase the volume of transit cargo and contribute to the development of all countries of the Eurasian continent,’ the Deputy Minister of Transport added.
In recent years, Uzbekistan has taken active steps to create new interregional transport communications. Besides, the republic has actively used the ports of the OTS member states to run cargo transportation operations.
In late October, the OTS transport ministers discussed the International Multimodal Cargo Transportation Agreement between the OTS member states and the Transport Interdependence Program developed by Uzbekistan's Ministry of Transport. These documents are set to be inked at the summit of the leaders of OTS member states.
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