Today, on March 7, members of the Kazakh parliament have approved ratification of an agreement on transit of US special cargos via the territory of Kazakhstan to Afghanistan.
Kazakh Foreign Minister Kairat Abdrakhmanov announced that the agreement between Kazakhstan and the USA on commercial railroad transit of special cargo via the territory of the republic regarding US participation in the effort to stabilize and restore Afghanistan is to be amended. According to the minister, the amendments envisage enlisting the ports of Aktau and Kuryk in the itinerary of the special cargo transit that will allow taking the cargo via railways and the Caspian Sea to Afghanistan.
As Deputy Minister for Investments and Development Roman Sklyar said that within the period of the agreement more than 700 containers with about 13,000 tons of cargos were transported. Carriers in Kazakhstan earned about $621,000 due to the transportation of the cargos. After the discussion, the MPs approved the amendments. 104 members of the parliament voted for them.
Mertz's insight: Do you miss the Nord Streams, don't you?
Nikol, buy tomatoes: farmers blocked the road to Iran in Armenia
Chinese bearings were put on the Admiral Kuznetsov aircraft carrier, passing it off as Russian
China will keep Russian helium for itself: Europe is losing a workaround
The leader of the Spanish national football team refused to shake hands with Donald Trump — Pushkov
"Feed the former deputy" of the State Duma — who will definitely not be in the new convocation