the International Transport and Transit Corridor of the Ashgabat Agreement
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The main objective of the Ashgabat Agreement is to create an
international corridor to facilitate the transport of products by the shortest trade route between the Central Asian republics and the
seaports of the Persian Gulf and Oman.
The Ashgabat Agreement contemplates the trade barriers reduction and the
simplification of procedures for the movement of products between the member
countries.
The International Transport and Transit Corridor of the Ashgabat Agreement
connects with the
New Silk Road
Entry into force of the Ashgabat Agreement: April 2016;
Initial member countries (2011): Iran, Oman, Qatar, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan;
2013: Qatar
withdrew from the Ashgabat Agreement;
2015: entry of Kazakhstan;
2016: entry of Pakistan;
2018: entry of India;
Note: Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan
are not part of the Ashgabat Agreement.
Logistics infrastructures related to the Ashgabat Agreement.
The first part of the International Transport and Transit Corridor of the
Ashgabat Agreement passes through the railway lines of Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan and Iran. The second part passes through the routes that
connect the Bender Abbas port and the Chahbahar port (Iran)
with the port of the Sultanate of Oman.
Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Tajikistan Railway Line (TAT);
Afghanistan-Turkmenistan-Azerbaijan-Georgia-Turkey transport
corridor;
Iran-Turkmenistan-Kazakhstan railway;
Chabahar Port;
Transport Corridor Europe-Caucasus-Asia (TRACECA);
International North-South Transport Corridor;
Trans-Caspian Railway;
Highway between India, Russia, Iran, Europe and Central Asia.
Asian regional economic communities related to the
International Transport and Transit Corridor of the Ashgabat Agreement
Commonwealth of Independent States (CEI):
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan,
Moldova, Russia, Ukraine, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan;
Organization for Cooperation between Railways (OSJD):
Azerbaijan, Albania, Afghanistan, Belarus, Bulgaria, Hungary,
Vietnam, Georgia, Iran, Kazakhstan, China, North Korea, South Korea, Cuba, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Mongolia,
Poland, Russia, Romania, Slovakia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan,
Ukraine, Czech Republic and Estonia;
Asian Clearing Union (ACU):
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Iran, Myanmar, Maldives,
Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka;
Free Trade Agreements related to the Countries of the corridor
Iran
Free Trade Agreements of Iran:
Algeria, Armenia,
Syria, Venezuela, Pakistan.
India
Indian Free Trade Agreements: Sri Lanka, Thailand, Indonesia, Singapore, ASEAN, South Korea, European Union, New Zealand, Africa-India, Mauritius, Canada, Australia, Gulf Cooperation Council, SACU, EFTA, MERCOSUR, Andean Community.
Kazakhstan
Customs Union with
Russia and Belarus;
Free Trade Agreements with Armenia, Ukraine and Georgia;
Enhanced Partnership and Cooperation Agreement with the
European Union.
Turkmenistan
Free Trade Agreements with Armenia, Georgia and with the Eurasian Economic Union.
Uzbekistan
Free Trade Agreements with Kyrgyzstan, Ukraine, Georgia and with the
Eurasian Economic Union.
Free Trade Agreements (as a member of the Cooperation Council of the
Gulf) with the European Union, India, Australia, Singapore, Syria, European Free Trade Association (EFTA)...