Economy Ministry: Kazakhstan plans to transport 2 to 3 mln tonnes of oil through Georgia in 2022

Kazakhstan plans to transport two to three million tonnes of oil through the Georgian corridor in 2022, with further increase in the figure planned for the upcoming years, the Economy Ministry announced on Tuesday. 

During a meeting between Levan Davitashvili, the Georgian Economy Minister, and a Kazakh delegation led by Yerzhan Kazikhan, the Special Representative of the President of Kazakhstan, the sides agreed to use joint efforts to attract and serve the transportation of goods in the transport corridors through Georgia and Kazakhstan “in the long run”, the Ministry said. 

Trade, economic, transport and logistical questions between the two countries were also discussed at the meeting, where the sides noted economic trends between Georgia and Kazakhstan were characterised by a growing dynamic, with potential for “much greater” results.

The readiness of Georgia's transport infrastructure for facilitating transportation of cargo to Kazakhstan and Central Asia was also noted at the meeting.

Kairbek Uskenbayev, the Minister of Industry and Infrastructure Development of Kazakhstan, announced on March 29 that export and transit cargos from Kazakhstan would be redirected to the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route crossing Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey due to the war in Ukraine and sanctions imposed against Russia.