Baku and Astana discuss military cooperation prospects
Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan have agreed on military cooperation activities for 2027 and discussed promising areas of defence partnership.
Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan have agreed on military cooperation activities for 2027 and discussed promising areas of defence partnership.
The Trans‑Caspian fibre‑optic communication line between Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan is set to begin operation in the fourth quarter of this year.
Kazakhstan has completed a key stage in the implementation of the Trans-Caspian fiber-optic communication line across the Caspian Sea, which will connect the digital infrastructure of Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan.
Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan discussed the development of the Middle Corridor, Azerbaijani Minister of Digital Development and Transport Rashad Nabiyev said.
Installation of the Trans-Caspian Fiber-Optic Communication Line along the seabed of the Caspian Sea between Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan has begun.
Trade between Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan in the first five months of 2026 totalled $150 million, with Kazakhstan accounting for the largest share.
Astana hosted a meeting of the CIS Armed Forces Committee of Chiefs of Staff. The participants focused on developing cooperation and enhancing coordination, and signed documents at the end of the session.
Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev will pay a visit to Azerbaijan this year. The exact date of the visit will be announced later.
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has extended birthday greetings to his Kazakh counterpart, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, during a phone conversation. The bilateral relations between Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan have also been discussed.
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev arrived in Kazakhstan today for the informal summit of the Organization of Turkic States (OTS).
Kazakhstan ratified a strategic partnership agreement with Azerbaijan and Uzbekistan on green energy. This document was signed by the heads of state in the fall of 2024.
Discussions on regional cooperation are planned
At the beginning of this year, oil exports via the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline declined, with export deliveries down nearly 10%.
Kazakhstan Temir Zholy is introducing new logistics solutions to increase the speed of container transportation along the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route (Middle Corridor).
Azerbaijan's Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov and his Kazakh counterpart Yermek Kosherbayev have discussed the Middle Corridor in Baku on April 8.
Azerbaijan's state oil company SOCAR and Kazakhstan's KazMunayGas have successfully continued the project for transporting Kazakh oil via Azerbaijan, bringing the transit volume to 4 million tons.
Balakan ferry of Azerbaijan Caspian Shipping Company (ASCO), a part of the AZCON Holding, has set off on its first voyage to Kuryk port of Kazakhstan after the repair, ASCO reported.
Azerbaijan’s national air carrier, AZAL, will launch scheduled flights to Shymkent, Kazakhstan. The initial flight will be operated on 16 June 2026.
New official statistics confirm Russia's position as Azerbaijan's leading exporter and importer among CIS countries, with bilateral trade reaching nearly $5 billion in 2025.
President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev expressed gratitude to President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, for the decision to lift restrictions on the transit of goods to Armenia, the Kazakh President told the media following talks with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan.