An international conference on the Middle Corridor will be organized in the United States
An international conference on the Middle Corridor will be organized in the United States
On December 12, an international conference on "The Middle Corridor: Connecting Economies through Ports and Aviation" will be held in Baltimore, USA.
Referring to the foreign press, Qazet.az reports that the conference will be organized jointly with the US-Azerbaijan Chamber of Commerce (USACC) and the mission of the US Agency for International Development (USAID) on Azerbaijan, the Global Chamber and the Embassy of Azerbaijan in the US.
During the event, importers, exporters, shippers, consignees, freight forwarders and other trade participants will have the opportunity to exchange ideas and discuss the possibilities of air cargo transportation and the development of ports in Azerbaijan, the Central Eurasian region and beyond.
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Azerbaijan to the USA Khazar Ibrahim, USAID Deputy Assistant Administrator for Europe and Asia Alexander Sokolovsky, USACC Director Rza Vaziri and Secretary General of the Permanent Secretariat of the TRACECA Intergovernmental Commission Aset Asavbayev will take part in the event. At the conference, there will be relevant sessions with the participation of representatives of "Silk Way West Airlines" and "Boeing", as well as Baku International Sea Trade Port and the port of Maryland.
The Trans-Caspian International Transport Route (Middle Corridor) was established in February 2014 with the participation of the relevant structures of Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Georgia. Later, Ukraine, Romania and Poland joined the project. Currently, the route starts from the China-Kazakhstan border and extends to Europe, passing through the territory of Kazakhstan, the Caspian Sea, Azerbaijan and Georgia. A single tariff has been created along the entire route, the "single window" principle is applied.