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Iran-Turkmenistan-Uzbekistan protocol to enhance Europe rail corridor

18 Jun '25
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Iran-Turkmenistan-Uzbekistan protocol to enhance Europe rail corridor
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  • Iran, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan recently signed a protocol to expand cooperation on developing a multimodal transport corridor linking Central Asia with Europe.
  • Strategies to raise freight throughput and optimise operational efficacy of supply chains were discussed.
  • They agreed on harmonised freight conditions and tariff rates to boost container traffic along the corridor and to third countries.
Iran, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan recently signed a protocol to expand cooperation on developing a multimodal transport corridor linking Central Asia with Europe.

The deal was finalised during trilateral discussions conducted on the periphery of the 82nd meeting of the Council for Railway Transport of member entities of the Commonwealth of Independent states (CIS) held in Tashkent, Turkmenistan’s official media outlet reported.

Strategies to augment freight throughput and optimise operational efficacy of supply chain networks along the Uzbekistan-Turkmenistan-Iran corridor were discussed along with streamlining of procedural frameworks, orchestration of operational synergies and the elimination of impediments to facilitate seamless freight transit.

The three countries reached an agreement on harmonised freight conditions and tariff rates to boost container traffic along the corridor and to third countries.

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