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The Kazakh President, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has said he wants to launch a Kazakhstan-Russia pilot digital transport corridor on one of the countries busiest routes – the Aktobe-Ulgaysyn highway, saying that this would double its capacity.
Speaking at the Kazakh-Russian Interregional Cooperation Forum in Omsk, he said that “Based on existing digital platforms, we propose launching a pilot project of the Kazakhstan-Russia digital transport corridor on one of the busiest routes. I am confident that effective digital integration of the two countries’ transport and logistics systems and the widespread use of new technologies will enable us to raise mutual trade, boost transit flows, and comprehensively strengthen economic ties. A significant event was the first run of unmanned trucks between our countries, which took place in May. This successful experiment convincingly demonstrated that the Kazakh-Russian partnership in transport is confidently reaching a new technological level.”
He added that the forum’s topic is of exceptional importance in the current international context. Kazakhstan and Russia, which share the longest continuous land border in the world, are destined for a leading role in developing the transport and logistics architecture of the Eurasian continent. Rail freight traffic between Kazakhstan and Russia rose 3.5% to 92 million tonnes last year.
Tokayev noted that “This is a key factor in the global competitiveness of our countries in current highly complex geopolitical conditions. Through joint efforts, we are addressing all challenges in this area, consistently developing infrastructure, and strengthening transit potential. Transit traffic through Kazakhstan is also actively developing. In the last five years alone, container traffic across Kazakhstan along the China-Russia-China route has increased eightfold. A significant milestone was the shipment of the one-millionth container on the Russia-Kazakhstan-China route. Clearly, this is not the limit of our capabilities. Road traffic is also showing dramatic growth, reaching nearly 8.5 million tonnes in 2025. In the first quarter of this year, it more than doubled to 4.3 million tonnes compared to the same period last year. I am confident that this impressive growth will be maintained as a result of systematic joint efforts in this area.”
Tokayev also underscored the focus on developing the North-South transport corridor, which saw an increase in traffic last year, and also named the Western Europe-Western China transport corridor as another vital route.
