Prospects for the development of the «Trans-Caspian International Transport Route» was discussed in Hungary

Budapest 28 October 2024 - Ambassador of the Republic of Kazakhstan in Hungary Abzal Saparbekuly took part in a roundtable discussion on «The OTS and the EU: Prospects and Challenges in Transport Cooperation» organized by the Office of the Organization of Turkic States in Budapest (hereinafter - OTS) with the support of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Hungary.

The participants of the roundtable discussed the prospects of transport and logistics development in the context of the growing role of the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route (TMTM) in ensuring trade flows between the countries of Europe, Central Asia and China.

In his introduction, Ambassador Abzal Saparbekuly spoke in detail about the work being done in Kazakhstan to implement the transport and logistics infrastructure of the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route (TMTM), also known as the Middle Corridor. In this context, the Kazakh diplomat presented the measures taken by the Government to modernize the country's transport infrastructure in the context of growing growth in freight and transit traffic along the territory of Kazakhstan, as well as to increase the capacity of Kazakh ports along the TMTM - Aktau and Kuryk.

The participants of the discussion were experts: Dr. Gergely Salát, Senior Researcher at the Hungarian Foreign Policy Institute, Dr. Péter Bucsky, expert on rail freight transport, Dr. Zoltán Egeresi, Researcher at the John Lukacs Institute, as well as ambassadors of the member states of the Organisation of Turkic States accredited in Hungary.