President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev of Kazakhstan announced a plan to increase cargo traffic through the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route (TITR) to 500,000 containers per year by 2030. He made this statement during the first Central Asia and Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) summit in Saudi Arabia.
What happened? While delivering a speech at the event, President Tokayev said that the development of the transportation sector and transit opportunities is a very important task. This is why Central Asian counties are trying to diversify routes and develop different infrastructural and logistical projects. Tokayev cited the TITR as a project with huge potential.
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