BAKU, Azerbaijan, September 7. Qatar is
exploring the potential of becoming a member of the North-South Worldwide
Transport Hall (ITC), Director of the Division of Financial
Cooperation (DEC) of the Russian International Ministry Dmitry
Birichevsky stated in an interview with Izvestia, Development experiences.
“The North-South ITC has develop into a focus within the transport
and logistics sector. There was a noticeable enhance in
exercise there now. And this isn’t just a few hall from north
to south, it’s a entire community of routes: the western route, which
we’re at present growing along with Azerbaijan and Iran, and
the japanese department, which is linked with Kazakhstan,
Turkmenistan, and Iran. All that is being executed to make sure that there
are dependable routes for the supply of products from Russia to the
international locations of the South, primarily to the south of Iran, from there
to the Persian Gulf with entry to the Indian Ocean, in order that we will
commerce with the remainder of the world, whatever the political
selections that our former companions from Europe or opponents from
america would possibly make. The North-South ITC is the most important
precedence in our transport work.
Different international locations see this. They see this exercise. They see the
cargo flows. They see that it’s worthwhile. International locations like Qatar
are exhibiting curiosity on this. In what kind and the way they will be part of is
as much as them to determine. If there’s a street and political will, then
there might be cooperation with any international locations of the Center East and
then with entry to the market of India, South Asia, and ASEAN
international locations,” stated Dmitry Birichevsky.
To notice, the North-South Worldwide Transport Hall is a
7,200 km multimodal route that connects St. Petersburg with the
ports of Iran and India.
It’s an alternative choice to the ocean route connecting Europe, the
Persian Gulf international locations, and the Indian Ocean by way of the Suez
Canal.
The western and japanese branches of the ITC cross by way of Iran:
the western department supplies for transportation by way of Iran by street
by way of Rasht, and the japanese department by rail. The ultimate level in Iran
is the port of Bandar Abbas, from which cargo might be delivered to
India by sea. The western department additionally passes by way of Azerbaijan,
whereas the japanese department passes by way of Kazakhstan and
Turkmenistan.