BAKU, Azerbaijan, March 3. China will provide Kazakhstan with a territory equaling eight hectares for the construction of a terminal located in the dry port of Xi'an city of China, Trend reports, citing Kazakhstan Temir Zholy (KTZ).
The relevant agreement was signed in the framework of the meeting between the KTZ, the Kazakh national railway company, and the administration of Xi'an. The local municipality also agreed to assist the Kazakh national company in the implementation of the project.
Kazakh and Chinese representatives also discussed several other issues of bilateral transport and logistics cooperation.
Xi'an is an important transport and logistics hub of China. The Xi'an “International trade-logistics Park” dry port located here is responsible for 30 percent of container trainers leaving China for Europe. Additionally, some 40 percent of cargo to this dry port comes from Kazakhstan.
Earlier, Kazakhstan and China agreed on launching flights between Almaty and Xi'an. This comes as an overall strategy of both states aimed at increasing the number of flights between the countries.
Xi'an is the largest city in the Northwest China region and the capital of Shensi province. The population of the city exceeds 12 million people.