BAKU, Azerbaijan, April 16. The first meeting
of the Supervisory Board of the joint venture “Middle Corridor
Multimodal” (MCM) was held in Astana, Emil Mammadov, Advisor to the
Chairman of Azerbaijan Railways (ADY), wrote on his social media
account, Trend
reports.
The meeting was attended by the founding members of the project,
including the railway administrations of China (CRCT), Kazakhstan
(KTJ), Azerbaijan (ADY), and Georgia (GR).
“During the meeting, the parties focused on key priorities for
the next stage of the Middle Corridor’s development, including
coordination of transport and delivery schedules, end-to-end
digitalization, alignment of tariff policies, as well as the
elimination of operational bottlenecks,” the post said.
According to Emil Mammadov, the Middle Corridor is already
functioning as an operational route, and the current focus is on
improving its efficiency, reliability, and competitiveness.
“I am proud to be a member of the Supervisory Board and fully
committed to contributing to this next phase, which aims to
strengthen the corridor as a sustainable regional trade and
logistics system,” he noted.
The Middle Corridor is a transport trade route passing through
several countries in the region and connecting Asia with Europe. It
serves as an alternative to the traditional Northern and Southern
corridors.
The route begins in China and passes through Central Asian
countries such as Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and Turkmenistan. It then
crosses the Caspian Sea, Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Türkiye before
reaching Europe. The Middle Corridor is a land-based route that
bypasses longer maritime paths, linking eastern parts of Asia,
including China, with Europe.
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