The Eurasian Development Bank (EDB) and the Ministry of Finance of Tajikistan have signed an agreement to finance the construction of the first section of the Labijar–Kalai-Khumb highway. The project is of strategic importance for the development of the country’s transport infrastructure; it will strengthen transport links between the districts of republican subordination and the
Kazakhstan has begun exporting its oilseed products to Iran through the Caspian Sea in a move capable to increase supplies and diversify export routes, according to the Ministry of Agriculture. The first shipment of rapeseed oil was sent from the Kazakh port of Aktau, marking an important step in strengthening Kazakhstan’s position in oilseed
Specialists from Russia and Uzbekistan are currently conducting technical and economic studies for the trans-Afghan railway project, TOLOnews reported citing Russian Railways. The project aims to establish a railway corridor linking Central and South Asia through Afghanistan. Sergey Pavlov, First Deputy General Director of Russian Railways, said during a meeting of the Railway Transport Council
On May 13, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev approved proposals to ensure high-quality and safe passenger services, as well as increase the efficiency of the Tashkent metro. The growth in the population and the number of visitors to the capital, the expansion of the city, and increasing demand for public transport require taking metro development to a new
The first return shipment has been organized along the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route (TITR) from Türkiye to China via Kazakhstan. KTZ Express, a subsidiary of Kazakhstan’s national railway company, Kazakhstan Temir Zholy (KTZ), in collaboration with Türkiye’s Pacific Eurasia Lojistik Dış Ticaret A.Ş. sent a container train from Türkiye to China via Kazakhstan, according
Turkmenistan has put into operation a new dry cargo vessel, Gadamly. This historic event is expected to strengthen Turkmenistan’s position in the Caspian Sea region as an important transport and transit corridor. Built at the Balkan Shipyard in Turkmenbashi city in collaboration with Koryo Shipbuilding Industry Technology (Republic of Korea), Gadamly is designed for the
Uzbekistan Airports JSC and Allied Biofuels FE LLC have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to support future cooperation on the supply of Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) and e-Sustainable Aviation Fuel (e-SAF) in Uzbekistan. According to Allied Biofuels, the agreement marks an important milestone in the development of Uzbekistan’s sustainable aviation fuel ecosystem. It supports the country’s ambition to become a regional hub for cleaner
The China-Europe Railway Express has made 130,000 trips by May 9, 2026, marked by the departure of a freight train from Zhengzhou, capital of central China’s Henan Province, bound for Hamburg, Germany, Xinhua reported. Total cargo value has exceeded 520 billion U.S. dollars, according to the China State Railway Group Co., Ltd. The company said
A new transit corridor has been established for transporting goods from China to Afghanistan via Uzbekistan, TOLOnews reported. Officials from the country’s transport sector and the company Uztemiryulkonteyner have stated that this route is a combination of rail and road transport. According to the plan, containers first move from China by railway, pass through Kazakhstan
A bilateral technical meeting of the working group on the implementation of the provisions of the Agreement between the Governments of Tajikistan and Uzbekistan on the mutual application of electronic systems for the certification of origin of goods was held in Tashkent, the Delegation of the European Union to Uzbekistan reported. The initiative is being
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) says it is helping to improve Central Asia’s regional connectivity and boosting the operational efficiency of Kazakhstan Temir Zholy (KTZ or Kazakhstan Railways) by investing up to $125 million in a Eurobond issue by the company of up to $1 billion, which was listed on the London Stock
KazFoodProducts Holding has launched commercial production of BI-95 motor fuel, produced using bioethanol from grain. This is the first project in Kazakhstan where agricultural product undergoes a full deep processing cycle and is then marketed as motor fuel, according to the Ministry of Agriculture. BI-95 is already available at gasoline stations. Bioethanol is produced at
The Institute for Macroeconomic and Regional Studies has presented a comprehensive strategy for the Uzbek capital’s development after sunset. The study emphasizes that without systemic management and infrastructure development, the plan to create 320 round-the-clock streets in Tashkent would not be realistic, Tashkent Today reports. The main barriers identified are a lack of transportation (the
The Eurasian Development Bank (EDB) sees the Central Asian warehouse infrastructure as the “opportunity of the decade” and intends to significantly increase investments in this segment, Alexey Rogachevsky, EDB Director for Uzbekistan, said at the Central Asia Warehouse Summit (CAWS 2026) on April 16 in Tashkent. Speaking at the Warehouses and Finance session, he presented
Kyrgyzstan’s parliament has passed amendments to road traffic safety legislation that toughen penalties for traffic violations, particularly in traffic accidents caused by drunk drivers. The amendments have increased penalties for causing traffic accidents depending on the degree of injury: – for minor injury, a fine between 80,000 and 100,000 soms (about $1,140) with a driver’s
The project of the Zangezur Corridor was high on the agenda of the second meeting of heads of government of the member states of the Organization of Turkic States (OTS) held in Baku, Azerbaijan on April 2. Founded in 2009 to foster comprehensive cooperation among Turkic-speaking nations, the OTS includes Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkey, and
Bekhzod Khashimov, an economist and researcher at the University of Wisconsin, analyzed the current state of Tashkent’s urban environment. He’s come to the conclusion that despite high-quality private services in the Uzbek capital, public services remain in a critical state, Tashkent Today reported. The expert points to the following infrastructure issues: • Inaccessible environment: sidewalks
The situation on Kazakhstan’s roads has been deteriorating in recent years. According to the Legal Statistics Committee of the Prosecutor General’s Office, while 13,300 road accidents were recorded in the country in 2020, last year there were more than 36,100 road accidents, or 2.7 times more. However, the number of vehicles has not increased significantly
Shenzhen Bao’an International Airport on March 30 launched a direct passenger route to Uzbekistan’s capital Tashkent, the first non-stop passenger service from the southern Chinese city to Central Asia, Xinhua reported. The airport said the route, operated by Uzbekistan Airways, marks its first new international route launched this year. The service will run once a
Kazakhstan has sent a new export batch of wheat flour from its northern city of Kostanay to New York using the infrastructure of the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route (TITR), also known as the Middle Corridor—a transit route linking China to Europe through Kazakhstan. According to the Ministry of Agriculture, the shipment of 24 tons of