Astana. December 4. Kazakhstan Today - Kaztemirtrans signed memorandum of cooperation with JSC ZIKSTO and JSC Petropavlovsky Plant of heavy-duty machinery on Thursday, the agency reports with reference to the press service of Kaztemirtrans. "According to the document, the parties have agreed on establishment of mutually beneficial cooperation and the principles of partner relations in organization of manufacture of new automobiles and spare parts for freight carrriages," the message states. "The agreements signed between the companies corresponds to the strategic objective of the national company Kazakhstan temir zholy, directed at development and modernization of the railway branch of the country and realization of the measures of development of domestic mechanical engineering," the President of JSC Kaztemirtrans, Yerhat Iskaliev said.