Outlook for Turkmenistan as Eurasia’s Transport Hub

... announced a major transportation initiative known as “Belt and Road”. Several routes were envisioned for cargo deliveries from China to the West, both by sea, including the Northern Sea Route infrastructure, as well as by road and rail. Central Asia and ... ... while seeking to bypass it in most cases, the Russian leadership also joined the race of international transport corridors (ITCs), and an intergovernmental agreement was signed in 2000 between Moscow, Tehran and New Delhi on creating the North-South ...