The deal was signed in Aqtau, from where a first ferry carrying 52 freight cars loaded with grain and oil products is due to leave on November 10.
(Kazakhstan Today, Kazinform, Interfax-Kazakhstan)
(RFE/RL) November 9, 2006 -- The transportation ministers of Kazakhstan and Russia today signed an agreement to establish a train and ferry link between the Caspian Sea port of Aqtau and Makhachkala, the capital of the Northern Caucasian Russian republic of Daghestan.
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