Kazakhstan and Armenia discuss linking Middle Corridor with Trump Route

Kazakhstan's Deputy Prime Minister and Transport Minister Assel Zhanassova met Armenian Deputy Prime Minister Mher Grigoryan and Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan during a working visit. The talks focused on how the Middle Corridor could be connected with the TRIPP project, known as the Trump Route.

Cargo from Kazakhstan travels along the Middle Corridor across the Caspian Sea to Azerbaijan and onward west. The Transport Ministry believes linking it with TRIPP would give carriers more options and help attract additional cargo. TRIPP envisages road and rail routes through southern Armenia connecting most of Azerbaijan with Nakhchivan. The project was announced after talks in the White House in August 2025, and Armenia and the United States signed a framework cooperation agreement in June 2026.

In October, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev proposed linking the Middle Corridor with TRIPP at a Central Asian summit. Container traffic along the Middle Corridor rose 58% in January–August 2026 to 44.2 thousand TEU, according to KTZ.