Kazakhstan in 2015 can 5 times increase the supply of grain to Iran - Nazarbayev

Astana. May 22.Silkroadnews- Kazakhstan in 2015 can 5 times increase the supply of grain to Iran, said the President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev.
"The volume of cargo transportation by railway Kazakhstan-Turkmenistan-Iran in the coming year will reach 10 million tons", - said Nursultan Nazarbayev at the VIII Astana Economic Forum on Friday.
The head of state informed that Kazakhstan has completed construction of the railway Zhezkazgan-Beineu.
"If you look at a map of Kazakhstan, directly from China to the Caspian Sea. There is a direct railroad that connected China through Kazakhstan to the Caspian seaports. This enables the transportation of goods via Kazakhstan, the Caucasus to Europe. The same railway has joined already built route Kazakhstan-Turkmenistan-Iran which continues to the Persian Gulf, the port of Bandar Abbas. This allows us to reach all the way to the Persian Gulf, to the west coast of India and south of Pakistan. This road provides access for our products to the Middle East",- he said.
"All these projects are aimed at increasing the transit potential of our country, as well as the whole Eurasian Economic Union - a new Silk Road", - said Nursultan Nazarbayev.