The parliamentary delegation of the British Group of the Inter-Parliamentary Union was presented with the current state and development prospects of the Middle Corridor in Kazakhstan.
Sea-news.az reports citing the Ministry of Trade and Integration of Kazakhstan, that the briefing was organized by QazTrade company. The delegation was led by Tan Dhesi, Chair of the House of Commons Defence Select Committee.
Nurlan Kulbatyrov, Chief Executive Officer of QazTrade, spoke about the development prospects of the Middle Corridor as a vital trade route not only for Kazakhstan but for Central Asia as a whole.
During the briefing, the “Semurg” infrastructure at the Kuryk port located on the Caspian Sea was also presented. As a result of the development of the “Sarzha” multifunctional marine terminal cluster, it is planned to establish a cargo handling capacity of up to 5 million tons per year, including the ability to process up to 110,000 TEUs of containers.
Participants were also briefed on projects being implemented in the region under the European Union’s Global Gateway initiative.
