DUSHANBE, November 5, 2015, Asia-Plus – Tajik and Uzbek state railway companies have reportedly agreed to make mutual concessions.

According to the Tajik Ministry of Transport (MoT), Tajik state railway company, Rohi Ohani Tojikiston (Tajik Railways), and Uzbek state joint-stock company, Ozbekiston Temir Yollari (Uzbek Railways), have reached an agreement on lowering the transit rates for oil products, alumina and aluminum shipped through the Kudukli-Keles and Kudukli-Karakalpakiya sections of the Uzbek railway.

“Besides, the two sides have reached an agreement to lower the transit rates for the mentioned goods shipped through the Boldir-Kudukli section for the period until December 31, 2015,” an official source at a MoT told Asia-Plus in an interview.

In exchange for this the Tajik side has lowered transit rates for Uzbek goods shipped through the Spitamen-Istiqlol section of the Tajik railway, the source added.