## 2024-08-08 23:02:26
Kyrgyzstan is considering the possibility of utilizing the Middle Corridor.
As reported by Day.Az, Foreign Minister Jeenbek Kulubayev stated this during a press conference on the results of the ministry’s work in the first half of 2024.
“Currently, all cargo transportation passes through the southern corridor: goods are transported to Iran, then Turkey, and finally Europe, and back along the same route. However, alternative routes are being explored to expedite transportation. One of these routes is the Middle Corridor, which passes through Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan, and the Caucasus.”
The minister noted that these potential routes are being actively discussed with European partners and Central Asian countries.
It’s important to note that the Middle Corridor connects the container rail freight networks of China and European Union countries through Central Asian nations, the Caucasus, Turkey, and Eastern Europe.
A multilateral multimodal transport infrastructure links the ferry terminals of the Caspian and Black Seas with the railway systems of China, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Turkey, Ukraine, and Poland.
This corridor facilitates the increase of cargo flow from China to Turkey, as well as to European countries and vice versa.
The train route along this corridor delivers cargo from China to Europe in an average of 20-25 days, making it one of the key advantages of this transport corridor.
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