Arab and African countries can join the North-South transport corridor project, Secretary General of the Eurasian Peoples’ Assembly Andrei Belyaninov said at the BRICS International Financial and Economic Forum, Report informs referring to TASS.

“In my opinion, this project [of the North-South transport corridor] has the opportunity to expand both to the countries of the Arab world and to Africa. This, one way or another, is all connected with the expansion of logistics capabilities, despite certain difficulties, those associated with this channel,” Belyaninov noted.