China and Tajikistan will jointly build a multimodal transportation corridor that will link China and Turkey through the countries of the region. This is reported in a joint statement of the two countries released on Friday.

According to the joint statement, the multimodal transportation corridor will link China and Turkey through regional countries including Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan and Iran.

The document points out that cooperation between China and Tajikistan in logistics has yielded results, and emphasizes the importance of strengthening regional transport infrastructure interconnectivity under the Belt and Road Initiative.

According to the statement, the two sides expressed their willingness to further deepen cooperation in China-Europe freight trains. In addition, the two sides attach great importance to the construction of a transport corridor linking China, Tajikistan and Afghanistan, and will gradually carry out the modernization of the China-Tajikistan-Uzbekistan highway, making full use of the potential of the Kulyab logistics center in Tajikistan.

The joint statement was issued during Chinese President Xi Jinping's state visit to Tajikistan at the invitation of Tajik President Emomali Rakhmon.