China-Europe Trans-Caspian express route starts operations


Chinese President Xi Jinping and Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev attended the opening ceremony for the China-Europe Trans-Caspian Express via video link on July 3, 2024. - Photo: Xinhua

ASTANA, (Kazakhstan): Chinese President Xi Jinping and Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev attended on Wednesday (July 3) the opening ceremony for the China-Europe Trans-Caspian Express, a major international connectivity project that spans the Eurasian region.

The ceremony marked the official completion of a multidimensional connectivity network integrating highways, railways, airlines and pipelines, in order to better link Asia with Europe via the Caspian Sea, which is the world's largest inland body of water.

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