Economy Minister: Gov’t working “intensively” to increase transit flows from Kazakhstan
Economy Minister said Government representatives had already had "high-level” meetings with authorities in Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan to discuss the question issue. Photo: Ministry of Economy
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Georgian Economy Minister Levan Davitashvili on Monday announced the Government was "working intensively" to increase additional transit flows from Kazakhstan through Georgia via the Middle Corridor transportation lane.
Davitashvili said Government representatives had already had "high-level” meetings with authorities in Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan to discuss the question issue, while a transport sector ministerial, scheduled to open on Tuesday in Tbilisi, was also part of the working process.
The Minister revealed his counterparts from Türkiye and Azerbaijan would take part in the event that will discuss issues related to the increase of competitiveness of the Middle Corridor - a multilateral institutional development linking the containerised rail freight transport networks of the China and the European Union and officially known as the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route.
"We are talking about improving transit opportunities and the Middle Corridor, so that we not only attract new cargo - including oil and oil products - but also manage to anchor this cargo in our corridor for a long time, in the interest of Georgia", Davitashvili said.
An agreement on preliminary data exchange to simplify customs transit procedures between Georgian, Turkish and Azerbaijani Governments was signed on Thursday in a tripartite meeting by Levan Kakava, the Head of Georgian Revenue Service of the Ministry of Finance, Riza Turagay, the Deputy Minister of Trade of Türkiye and Shakhin Bagirov, the Acting Head of the State Customs Committee of Azerbaijan, in Azerbaijan's capital of Baku.
Camex Airlines, a new Georgian cargo airline company described as a “Georgian-American product”, will become the first air freight company in the country to operate on a transcontinental route, the United States Embassy to Georgia announced on Monday.
Georgian and Kazakh officials have signed several agreements during the ongoing visit of the Georgian Government’s delegation to Kazakhstan aimed at further deepening economic relations between the two countries, Georgian Economy Minister Levan Davitashvili announced on Wednesday.
Georgia and Turkmenistan have signed an agreement on launching direct flights connecting the countries and increasing cargo turnover between them, Georgia’s Ministry of Economy announced on Wednesday.
The development of the Middle Corridor transportation lane of Georgia, Azerbaijan and Türkiye, and the increase of competitiveness of the corridor were discussed on Tuesday in a tripartite meeting between Georgian Economy Minister Levan Davitashvili, Azerbaijani Digital Development and Transport Minister Rashad Nabiyev and Turkish Transport and Infrastructure Minister Adil Karaismailoğlu.