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Kazakhstan suggests all interested countries joining international agreement on organization of transport corridor Western Europe - Western China - Transport Minister

Kazakhstan suggests all interested countries joining the international agreement on organization of the transport corridor Western Europe - Western China. The Minister of Transport and Communications of Kazakhstan informed today during VII International Conference TransEurasia - 2008.

Astana. September 25. Kazakhstan Today - Kazakhstan suggests all interested countries joining the international agreement on organization of the transport corridor Western Europe - Western China. The Minister of Transport and Communications of Kazakhstan informed today during VII International Conference TransEurasia - 2008.

"In this connection, we suggest the interested countries considering an opportunity of concluding the international agreement on organization of this corridor," the Minister of Transport emphasized.

"We value the position on this question of China and Russia and the day before yesterday at the forum of frontier territories of Russia and Kazakhstan in the presence of the leaders of the states we signed the agreement on mutual work on creation of this corridor with the Minister of Transport of Russia," he specified.

According to S. Ahmetov, discussion of this question with the Chinese party is planned to take place at the meeting of Ministers of Transport of the SCO member countries in November, 2008.

The Minister of Transport reminded that the Kazakhstan part of the project is planned to be realized not only due to the budget of the country, but also due to active attraction of the private capital, and loans of the international financial institutions."

As it was informed earlier, total cost of the project makes about $7 billion.

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