Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan are setting up a joint venture to develop the Trans-Afghan route, Azerbaijan’s Trend news agency reported on Friday.
This topic was discussed during the meeting between President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev and President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev.
The parties welcomed the plan to form a joint venture between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan’s railway authorities. It was stated that the joint venture will participate in the development of the Trans-Afghan route.
The Trans-Afghan railway project, first suggested by Uzbekistan in December 2018, proposes to extend the Afghan rail network from Mazar-e-Sharif to Kabul and then to Paktia province.
