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4.3 Infrastructure - Turkmenistan
Turkmenistan is said to have transit route potential that, if developed, would cut China to Iran freight journey times by up to 14 days.
In November, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Turkey and Iran agreed on moves to create a multimodal transport corridor.
There is also backing for the creation of a multimodal transport corridor running from Russia to Kyrgyzstan via a route that crosses the Caspian Sea, Turkmenistan and Uzbek territory. Importantly for the three Central Asian countries on the route, the corridor would allow for trade flows to and from
Russia – and also to and from Europe via Russia – without the necessity of using road and rail links that reach the Russian border through Kazakhstan.
Kyrgyzstan regularly complains about gridlocked traffic at its border with Kazakhstan as Kazakh border officials fail to process lines of cargo-laden trucks at the pace that Bishkek expects. Would Turkmen officials do any better? The incentive is there.
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