A memorandum was signed between the Transport Control Inspectorate under the Ministry of Transport of Uzbekistan and the Federal Service for Control in the Transport Sector of Russia on the development of cooperation in the field of road transport, road and railway transport, the press service of the Transport Ministry reported.

The document was signed by the head of the Transport Control Inspection Jamshid Karimov and the head of Rostransnadzor Viktor Basargin, the ceremony took place within the Transport Week in Moscow.

Within the framework of the signed memorandum, the two sides intend to exchange experience in law enforcement practice, exchange information on violations of the rules of traffic safety and use of railway transport, as well as the introduction of digitization and modern technologies. For information, transport week has been held in Russia since 2007. Its main event is the “Transport of Russia” international forum and exhibition, the purpose of which, as stated on the weekly website, is to find solutions that will ensure the connection of the country’s economy and its regions.

Cost of Uzbekistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan railway estimated at $7 billion

Uzbekistan, Afghanistan and Pakistan estimate the cost of construction of the Trans-Afghan railway at almost $7 billion, the press service of the Ministry of Transport reports.

Recently, the head of the Ministry of Transport, Ilkhom Mahkamov, held negotiations in Pakistan with local industry departments and large transport and logistics companies NLC-Logistics and TCS.

The Uzbekistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan railway construction project can be implemented through a PPP in the Build-Operate-Transfer format.

The parties also agreed to develop multimodal transportation along the Trans-Afghan corridor, reduce transportation fees, simplify cargo transportation and speed up the construction of a railway through Afghanistan.

The Trans-Afghan Highway initiative was launched in 2018. At that time, the project with an annual transportation potential of 20 million tons of cargo was estimated at $5 billion.

In July 2022, Uzbekistan Railways shared “Boshtransloyikha” calculations. The institute put the estimated cost of building the railway at $4.6 billion, and the project will take 5 years to complete. Last December, Pakistan estimated the construction of the railway between Pakistan and Uzbekistan at $8.2 billion.