17 декабря 2014 15:30

Kazakh railways head holds talks with his Chinese counterpart

Photo courtesy of the press service of Kazakhstan Temir Zholy

President of Kazakhstan Temir Zholy Askar Mamin has had bilateral talks with the Director General of Chinese Railways Sheng Guangji. During the business meeting, the heads of railways of Kazakhstan and China discussed further expansion of cooperation, Tengrinews reports citing the press service of Kazakhstan Temir Zholy (KTZ).

The Kazakh company stressed that the volumes of cargo transiting through its railways to and from China had been increasing every year; the number of international container trains had been growing as well. The volume of container traffic transiting through the territory of Kazakhstan from China to Europe this year had increased by 4.4 times compared to 2012.

Mamin and Sheng agreed that there was a great potential of cooperation in railway traffic between the two countries.

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