Georgia, Azerbaijan & Kazakhstan Sign Trans-Caspian Transport Corridor Protocol

The Trans-Caspian Corridor Protocol was signed by Chairman of Georgian Railways, Mamuka Bakhtadze; Chairman of Azerbaijan Railways, Javid Gurbanov; Chairman of Azerbaijan Caspian Shipping CJSC, Rauf Valiyev; President of Kazakhstan Railways, Kanat Alpysbayev; and the heads of Georgian, Azerbaijan and Kazakh ports, as part of the Union of Legal Entities of the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route Association meeting held in Baku, Azerbaijan, on April 1.

Approved during the meeting were the Association membership regulations, the working group, an action plan for 2017, the union charter, and the logo.

The Trans-Caspian International Transport Route Association is aimed at deepening and strengthening trade connections and transportation of goods to China, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Turkey, Ukraine and EU countries.

The agreement on establishing the Association was signed by Georgia, Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan in 2016.

Nino Gugunishvili