Gwadar Port access deal with Kazakhstan likely

ISLAMABAD:

Pakistan and Kazakhstan are likely to sign a Gwadar Port access deal during the visit of Kazakhstan president in November this year.

Sources told The Express Tribune that a high-level delegation of Kazakhstan was due in Islamabad in the second week of September to finalise arrangements for an agreement on Gwadar Port access to the Central Asian states. They said that Kazakhstan intends to set up a goods terminal at Karachi Port for exports to the European Union member countries and the United States.

However, Pakistan would like to see Kazakhstan establish a terminal at Gwadar Port. During the upcoming dialogue between the two countries, officials will also explore prospects of forging road and rail linkages. Pakistan wants to form a consortium with the Central Asian states f