Middle Corridor - Most Sustainable Network To Connect Kazakhstan, Europe, Minister Says

(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) ASTANA, Kazakhstan, October 24. The development of the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route (TITR, or Middle Corridor) is of great importance for Kazakhstan, said the Minister of Trade and Integration of the Republic of Kazakhstan Arman Shakkaliyev at the C5+1 Ministerial Conference in Samarkand (Uzbekistan), Trend reports.

Shakkaliyev noted that Kazakhstan is a reliable supplier of energy resources and strategic goods to Europe and global markets, including the US, and the Middle Corridor facilitates this activity.

According to him, the Central Asian region is becoming a key link in global transport carriage and plays an important role as a continental bridge in the North-South and East-West directions.

The minister noted that Kazakhstan has become the most important transport and logistics center in Eurasia, offering 11 international transit routes - 5 railways and 6 highways.

"We are also committed to doing our part to protect global supply chain networks. The Central Trans-Caspian Network has been identified as the most sustainable transport network connecting Central Asia with the Trans-European Transport Network. Over the past three years, container traffic on this route has increased more than 13 times," the minister said.

As part of the C5+1 Ministerial Conference, Arman Shakkaliyev also met with USAID Administrator Samantha Power. During the meeting, issues of bilateral and regional cooperation were discussed, including issues of digitalization, ecology, renewable energy and prospects for the Middle Corridor.

The Middle Corridor is a transportation and trade route that connects Asia and Europe, passing through several countries in the region. It is an alternative route to the traditional Northern Corridor and Southern Corridor.

The route starts in China and crosses Central Asian countries such as Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and Turkmenistan. It then passes through the Caspian Sea, Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Türkiye before reaching Europe.

The Middle Corridor offers a land route that connects the eastern parts of Asia, including China, with Europe, bypassing the longer maritime routes.

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