BAKU, Azerbaijan, September 16. This week it became known that Kazakhstan plans to build a terminal in the port of Baku, Trend reports.
Negotiations on this issue are underway.
Kazakhstan's ambassador to Azerbaijan Alim Bayel said at the round table "Azerbaijan-Kazakhstan relations" that the transport and logistics sector will be the "backbone" of cooperation between Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan.
"The current geopolitical situation is very complicated, but it has provided us with unique opportunities. Both Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan have a politically sound and correct view of things. We need to act promptly, quickly," the ambassador said.
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Latvian Foreign Ministry spoke about the intention to connect TRACECA and the Baltic States through cooperation with Central Asia.
"Our transportation and logistics systems continue to serve as a gateway for exports from Central Asia to Europe. Cargo turnover between Central Asian countries and Latvia is growing, and Latvian ports are actively providing distribution services for bulk, liquid and general cargo from Central Asia. In addition, road carriers from Central Asia are actively using the route through Latvian ports to access Northern and Western Europe," the ministry said.
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Turkish Trade Minister Omar Bolat said that the launch of the Zangezur corridor will ensure the regional integrity of the Turkic world.
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National Air Carrier of Azerbaijan (AZAL) is opening regular flights from Baku to Minsk (Belarus). The first flight on the Baku-Minsk-Baku route is scheduled for October 1, 2023. The airline will perform flights four times a week.
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One million tons of cargo were transported along the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars (BTC) railway line.
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Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev said in his speech at the 5th Consultative Meeting of Heads of Central Asian States that Kazakhstan intends to systematically increase the capacity of the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route (Middle Corridor).
The Middle Corridor connects the networks of container rail freight transportation of China and the European Union through the countries of Central Asia, the Caucasus, Türkiye and Eastern Europe. A multilateral multimodal transport infrastructure links ferry terminals on the Caspian and Black Seas with the railway systems of China, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Türkiye, Ukraine, and Poland.
The middle corridor facilitates increased cargo traffic from China to Türkiye, as well as to European countries and in the opposite direction. A route train along this corridor delivers cargo from China to Europe in an average of 20-25 days, and this is one of the main advantages of this transport corridor.