On 23 October 2026 the foreign ministers of the Central Asian countries and Georgia met in Batumi to discuss modernising infrastructure, digitalising freight and easing transit along the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route (Middle Corridor).
The delegation visited the Port of Batumi, a Kazakh-owned asset and a hub on the route.
For traders and forwarders, the Kazakhstan–Caspian–Caucasus–Black Sea route is worth comparing on transit times, tariffs, customs procedures and digital document exchange.
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