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Russia’s Lotus special economic zone to support opening of Turkmenistan’s logistics center in Astrakhan

Transport Materials 10 March 2021 11:08 (UTC +04:00)
Russia’s Lotus special economic zone to support opening of Turkmenistan’s logistics center in Astrakhan

BAKU, Azerbaijan, March 10

By Jeila Aliyeva - Trend:

Special economic zone Lotus of Russia’s Astrakhan will fully support the opening of the logistics center of Turkmenistan in the Astrakhan region of Russia, said Director General of Lotus Sergey Milushkin, Trend reports with reference to the Agency for International Relations of the Astrakhan region.

This was said during the meeting of Sergey Milushkin with Consul General of Turkmenistan in Astrakhan Guych Garayev.

Following the meeting, the parties agreed to organize online meetings of the relevant structures of Turkmenistan and the Astrakhan region in the near future to discuss in detail the practical issues of creating a logistics center, the report says.

The territory of the port special economic zone being built by the decision of the Russian Government in the area of the port of Olya is considered as a platform for optimizing commodity flows and strengthening competitiveness, investment activities, providing economic tools for the fruitful work of forwarding and transport companies, said Milushkin.

Turkmenistan is ready to take practical steps to establish a logistics center in the Astrakhan Region of the Russian Federation, said earlier Consul General of Turkmenistan in Astrakhan of Guych Garayev.

Consul of Turkmenistan in Russia’s Astrakhan Guych Garayev and Governor of Russia’s Astrakhan region Igor Babushkin discussed the possibility of opening a logistics center for Turkmen goods on the territory of a new economic zone near Olya port on the Caspian Sea of Russia’s Astrakhan during their meeting on August 12, 2020.

Earlier, representatives of Turkmenistan and the Astrakhan region held a meeting to discuss prospects for expanding cooperation in the field of trade and expressed interest in the supply of products manufactured in Turkmenistan to Astrakhan.

In addition, the parties discussed the possibility of organizing deliveries of textile goods, yarn and cotton products of Turkmen production to the Astrakhan region was discussed.

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