Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan to unify transport tariff along Middle Corridor

Azerbaijan, Georgia and Kazakhstan will introduce a single long-term tariff for transportation along the Middle Corridor (the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route), Azerbaijani Prime Minister Ali Asadov said at the 5th Tbilisi Silk Road Forum.

According to him, Azerbaijan and Georgia pay special attention to improving not only physical infrastructure, but also administrative and legal mechanisms, Trend reported.

"We are taking important steps in close cooperation with our international partners to form a single tariff policy, simplify customs and border procedures, and promote multimodal transportation," Ali Asadov said.

As confirmation of this, earlier this month the railway operators of Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Kazakhstan reached an agreement on the introduction of a single long-term tariff for transportation along the Middle Corridor, the PM said.

He highlighted that the parties agreed to take joint steps to improve port, railway, and logistics infrastructure, eliminate existing bottlenecks, expand digitalization, and increase the corridor's capacity:

"Our joint efforts will contribute to the full realization of the region's transport and logistics potential, increase trade turnover and investment flows, and strengthen economic ties in the Eurasian space," Ali Asadov said.