KABUL: Turkmenistan’s company, Ojar Asia, has presented its Chinese partners with a proposal to construct a high-speed expressway along the Sarakhs–Mary–Serkhetabat route and establish a logistics complex at Afghanistan’s Torghundi port.
Turkmen media outlets reported that the proposals were presented during a Turkmenistan–China business meeting held in Shanghai.
Under the proposed plan, the expressway would connect the city of Sarakhs, located on the Iranian border, to Serkhetabat, near the Afghan border, via the city of Mary.
The company also presented a project to establish a logistics complex at Afghanistan’s Torghundi port, and the initiative could help expand transit and trade cooperation among Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, and China.
However, no further details have so far been released regarding the projects’ construction timelines, estimated costs, or financing sources.