The logistics center of Turkmenistan is planned to be located in the port special economic zone (PSEZ) in the Astrakhan region within two years, “Interfax” writes with the reference to the Minister of Industry and natural resources of the region Ilya Volynskiy.
He specified that the agreements on the implementation of the project is reached on the levels of the Government of the Astrakhan region and Turkmenistan.
Earlier, the Governor of the Astrakhan region Igor Babushkin at a meeting of the Intergovernmental Turkmen-Russian Commission for Economic Cooperation announced the implementation of a project to open a logistics center of Turkmenistan in the Astrakhan region, the implementation of which will increase the status of the International Seaport of Turkmenbashi within the framework of the international transport corridor “North-South”.