Middle Corridor route advancing at “impressive pace”, boosting regional connectivity - Georgian PM
The Head of the Government stressed “a new era of development” amid Georgia’s and Kazakhstan’s “ambitious plans” for the Corridor. Photo via Government Administration
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Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Tuesday said the Middle Corridor, also known as the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route, was advancing at “an impressive pace”, boosting regional connectivity.
In his social media post, Garibashvili noted he was delighted to meet with his Kazakh counterpart Alikhan Smailov earlier today in Almaty and emphasised Georgia and Kazakhstan had “remarkable progress” in transit and transport cooperation.
Delighted to meet w/@PrimeMinisterEn in Almaty????????.We have remarkable progress in transit & transport co-op. TITR is advancing at an impressive pace, boosting regional connectivity. With ???????? &????????'s ambitious plans for the Middle Corridor, we're stepping into a new era of development. pic.twitter.com/3JEQmzIvYu
— Irakli Garibashvili (@GharibashviliGe) August 1, 2023
The Head of the Government stressed “a new era of development” amid Georgia’s and Kazakhstan’s “ambitious plans” for the Corridor.
Earlier today, the Georgian PM praised bilateral cooperation with Kazakhstan and highlighted the importance of the further development of the Middle Corridor, while his Kazakh counterpart stressed his Government was attaching “great importance” to cooperation in transit and transport and also said he welcomed the partnership with Tbilisi over the development of the Corridor.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Tuesday arrived in Kazakhstan to hold meetings with his counterpart Alikhan Smailov.
The “positive dynamics” of cooperation between Georgia and Kazakhstan in trade, tourism, energy and culture were highlighted on Friday in a meeting between Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili and his Kazakh counterpart Alikhan Smailov, who on Thursday arrived in on his first official visit to the country.
Alikhan Smailov, the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan, on Friday said his Government was ready to expand cooperation with Georgia to utilise the Caspian and Black Sea basins as regional transport links.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Tuesday praised bilateral cooperation with Kazakhstan and highlighted the importance of the further development of the Middle Corridor, a route connecting Central Asia and Europe via the South Caucasus, in a meeting with his Kazakh counterpart Alikhan Smailov in Almaty.
Gia Volski, an MP from the ruling Georgian Dream party and the Vice Speaker of the Georgian Parliament, on Wednesday highlighted the Middle Corridor - a logistics route linking Europe and Asia via the South Caucasus - as “extremely important” for “East and West”.