Construction of a new railway line Darbaza — Maktaaral with a length of 152 km started in Turkestan region. Alikhan Smailov, Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan, gave an official start to the works in the mode of teleconference.

The Eurasian Development Bank has presented the new study, which formulates the idea of a Eurasian transport framework and assesses the potential of the International North—South Transport Corridor (INSTC) against the backdrop of new opportunities.