Baku, Azerbaijan, Dec. 10
By Huseyn Valiyev – Trend:
Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan will conduct bilateral negotiations on laying an optical cable through the bottom of the Caspian Sea in 2018 to rapidly implement the Trans-Eurasian Information Super Highway (TASIM) project, a source in the Azerbaijani government told Trend.
According to the source, the laying of optical cable through the bottom of the Caspian Sea is the main part of the TASIM project.
The Azerbaijani Ministry of Transport, Communications and High Technologies, the Foreign Ministry and other relevant organizations, as well as the Kazakh Ministry of Information and Communication are responsible for the implementation of the project.
The political support of the sides is important in addressing the issue of the construction of the Caspian segment of TASIM project between the two countries.
The TASIM construction project envisages the creation of a major transit link from Frankfurt to Hong Kong. Russia (Rostelecom), Kazakhstan (KazTransCom), Turkey (TurkTelecom) and China (China Telecom) are also involved in TASIM project. Azerbaijan is represented in the project by AzInTelecom LLC.