During nine months of 2017, the freightage between Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan reached 1.5 million tonnes, up 146% from previous year, ambassador of Kazakhstan to Azerbaijan Beybit Isabayev said at the press conference.
The ambassador noted that the transportation on East-West direction is expected to quintuple by 2020.
“In the near future, Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan will turn into a transit hub in freightage between Europe and Asia”, he added.