Azerbaijan intends to double the volume of freight traffic through its territory, continuing its strategy to transform the country into a key transport and logistics hub in the region, President Ilham Aliyev said during his speech at the opening ceremony of the 2026 Annual Meetings of the Islamic Development Bank Group, Report informs.
"We need to continue to transform Azerbaijan into a transportation hub. Our plan is to double the volume of cargo going through Azerbaijan. Today it's about 14–15 million tons. We look to doubling this figure. Of course, not everything will depend on us, because it will also depend on the geopolitical situation and also the situation in the neighborhood, but these are our plans.
Our plans for food security are very clear. With the recently adopted state program on agricultural development, we are planning to achieve maximum self-sufficiency in the main consumption products," he noted.
