About the visit of Prime Minister of Kazakhstan A.Smailov to Baku

A wide range of issues of interstate cooperation were discussed by the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Alikhan Smailov with the Prime Minister of Azerbaijan Ali Asadov during his official visit to Baku on June 22, 2023.

As Prime Minister noted, the countries actively cooperate in the transport and logistics sector. In this direction, a key role is played by the full disclosure of the potential of the Trans-Caspian international transport route, through which cargo traffic has already exceeded one million tons since the beginning of the year, up 64% compared to the same period last year.

"In general we have managed to reduce transit time through the territory of Kazakhstan by half from 12 to 6 days, by the end of this year we aim to reduce it to 5 days," Alikhan Smailov said, emphasizing the importance of similar work on the Azerbaijani section of the route.

The Head of Government also emphasized the importance of joint measures on digitalization of the Middle Corridor, which will significantly increase transparency and speed of passage of goods.