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Dec 13 2018

TIR lights up the Lapis Lazuli corridor with Afghan-Turkey transport

Building on the momentum of recent talks in Turkmenistan regarding the use of TIR along the Lapis Lazuli corridor, the first TIR pilot set off from Herat, in Afghanistan today.

Under the TIR guarantee, it will transit Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan and Georgia, with four trucks bound for Mersin in Turkey, and a further five to be shipped to China via Istanbul. The transport operator will subsequently carry return cargo from Turkey to Afghanistan via Iran under TIR.

 

An official inauguration ceremony attended by Mohammad Ashraf Ghani, the President of Afghanistan, and high ranking officials from the TIR contracting parties launched the operation.

 

The development reinforces Afghanistan’s role as a critical TIR country, knitting together a web of new trade opportunities between Turkey, Eurasia and eventually China. Read more

 

 

Source: IRU