Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan assess expansion of cooperation on Middle Corridor

Azerbaijan's Minister of Digital Development and Transport Rashad Nabiyev met with Kazakhstan's Minister of Transport Nurlan Sauranbayev, Chief Executive Officer of JSC Samruk-Kazyna Nurlan Zhakupov, and Chairman of the Management Board of Kazakhstan Temir Zholy Yelzhas Otynshiyev.

The sides discussed expanding cooperation on the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route (Middle Corridor), including investment opportunities in ferry vessels, increasing road freight transportation, and the project to lay an underwater fiber-optic cable along the Caspian Sea bed.

They also exchanged views on the draft agreement on the development of the Middle Corridor and efforts to digitalize its operations.