Russia will have to make additional efforts to create a large international logistics node on the basis of the Unified Caspian Sea, said Russian President Vladimir Putin.
“Much has to be done to improve the transport and logistics architecture of the region. First of all, we are talking about building an international transport corridor (MTK)” North Yug “, here colleagues have already said, I completely share their approaches, this is a truly large-scale project of transport Arteries with a length of 7200 km – from St. Petersburg to ports of Iran and India, ”said Putin, speaking at the sixth Caspian summit.
The President of the Russian Federation noted that the early launch of this corridor will be facilitated by an agreement between the Caspian states on cooperation in the field of transport that has entered into force last year, which is aimed at turning the Caspian Sea into a large international logistics node.
“I see how this direction is actively developing in Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, here we also need to make efforts in this direction from the Russian side,” Putin said, noting that the development strategy of national seaports in the Caspian basin is being implemented in Russia, in Russia. As well as rail and road approaches until 2030. The corresponding infrastructure in the Caspian, he added, expands.