A Six-Country Platform and the Emerging Architecture of a Connected Eurasia Tariq Saeedi and Raviliya Kadyrova AVAZA, Turkmenistan — The Consultative Meeting of the Heads of State of Central Asia and Azerbaijan held in Avaza on 8 October 2026 may eventually be remembered less for the individual declarations made at the meeting than for what the expanded format makes … [Read more...]
Kazakhstan to Increase Middle Corridor’s Capacity to Ten Million Tons Annually
Saniya Sakenova The Kazakh government is working to implement the Roadmap to eliminate bottlenecks and develop the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route (TITR) until 2027 between Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Türkiye and between Kazakhstan and Georgia. This will increase the route’s capacity to ten million tons per year, the Prime Minister’s press service reported on Aug. … [Read more...]
The Central Asia link
Anton Usov At the Second European Union (EU)-Central Asia Economic Forum at the end of May 2023, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) presented a study on sustainable transport connections between Central Asia and Europe. Funded by the European Commission, the study identified country-specific needs and measures to reduce transportation costs, increase … [Read more...]