Tashkent: Uzbekistan and Russia have engaged in discussions aimed at future cooperation in freight traffic and rail transport, focusing on optimizing rolling stock management and enhancing international transport services. The dialogue took place during a meeting between JSC Temiryulkargo and representatives of UDK Group, chaired by Oybek Zhabarov, Deputy Chairman of the Management Board of Temiryulkargo for multimodal and international transportation.
According to Trend News Agency, the meeting highlighted UDK Group’s operation of around 2,000 freight wagons across Central Asia for regular cargo transportation. UDK Group expressed a keen interest in establishing practical cooperation with Temiryulkargo to manage the wagon fleet more efficiently.
The discussions also delved into specific cooperation areas such as improving mechanisms for returning wagons released from imported cargo to Russia and Kazakhstan, organizing cargo transportation along routes connecting Kazakhstan, Russia, and Georgia, and exporting basalt products to these markets. The parties explored delivering cargo to Black Sea ports, repairing wagons, enhancing the efficient use of tank wagons, and conducting joint marketing research to evaluate promising cargo flows and market demand.
Following the meeting, both parties agreed to continue cooperation in the discussed areas. In a related development, bilateral trade between Uzbekistan and Russia saw a significant increase of more than 5% in 2024, surpassing $10 billion. This upward trend persisted in the first nine months of the current year, with trade rising by an additional 8%.