Nur-Sultan is a primary point for the `` Belt and Road Initiative '' Silk Road .
The latest iterations of this plan , dubbed the `` Belt and Road Initiative '' ( BRI ) , includes a land-based Silk Road Economic Belt and a 21st Century Maritime Silk Road , with primary points in Ürümqi , Dostyk , Nur-Sultan , Gomel , the Belarussian city of Brest , and the Polish cities of Małaszewicze and Łódź—which would be hubs of logistics and transshipment to other countries of Europe .
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