Kazakhstan is set to lay down 1,300 kilometers of new railway tracks in the next three years, as announced by President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev at the “One Belt, One Road” forum in Beijing, this is reported by the railway transport news portal, Railway Supply.

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He also mentioned plans for the opening of a third railway border crossing with China and the construction of new dry ports in Bakhty and Kalzhat.

“The current situation sees approximately 85% of all overland transit shipments from China to Europe passing through Kazakhstan,” stated the head of state.

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