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CONSTRUCTION OF RAILWAY TO IRAN ON AGENDA OF TURKMENISTAN VISIT - KAZAKH LEADER
9/12/07
A EurasiaNet Partner Post from BBC Monitoring

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Text of report by Interfax-Kazakhstan news agency

Aktau, 11 September: It is expected that a decision on the construction of a railway linking Kazakhstan with Turkmenistan and Iran will be adopted during Kazakh President [Nursultan] Nazarbayev’s official visit to Asgabat.

"Today I will pay a visit to Turkmenistan where we will agree on the construction of a railway through Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan to Iran with access to the Persian Gulf. This will bring us closer to our Muslim brothers," he said at a ceremony to lay the first stone in the foundation of a new city "Aktau-City" today in Aktau (administrative centre of Mangistau Region, western Kazakhstan).

Editor�s Note: Source: Interfax-Kazakhstan news agency, Almaty, in Russian 0937 gmt 11 Sep 07

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