TASHKENT, Uzbekistan, November 16. Uzbekistan and Afghanistan have discussed simplifying cargo transportation processes along the Trans-Afghan Corridor, Trend reports.
The talks took place as part of a working visit to Pakistan by a government delegation led by Uzbekistan's Deputy Prime Minister, Jamshid Khojayev.
During his visit, Uzbekistan's Transport Minister Ilkhom Makhkamov met with representatives from Pakistani ministries and key transport logistics businesses such as NLC-Logistics and TCS.
Other issues negotiated by the parties include the development of multimodal transportation along the Trans-Afghan Corridor between Uzbekistan, Pakistan, and Afghanistan, the reduction of transportation fees, and the acceleration of the Uzbekistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan railway construction project.
The Trans-Afghan Railroad is a large-scale project that will establish a direct railway connection between Uzbekistan and Pakistan through the territory of Afghanistan, providing more efficient trade and logistics.
Uzbekistan, Afghanistan, and Pakistan agreed to start building the Trans-Afghan Railway, traveling on the Termez-Mazar-Kabul-Peshawar route, in February 2021.
According to the project's estimations, the new transport corridor with a transit capacity of up to 20 million tons of goods should connect the European Union, Russia, Uzbekistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, and other Southeast Asian countries.