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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