Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan Trans-Caspian transport deal may draw in new countries

According to Day.Az, citing the Kazakh Embassy in Azerbaijan, Ambassador Alim Bayel said at a roundtable on Kazakh-Azerbaijani cooperation held at the Kazakh Embassy in Baku that other states are expected to join the intergovernmental agreement between Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan on the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route.

Bayel briefed Azerbaijani experts on key points of President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev's recent address, "Current Tasks of Kazakhstan in a New Historical Cycle," including infrastructure modernisation, the "People's Construction" programme, transport and logistics potential and digitalisation of the economy.

Bayel also referred to the outcomes of Tokayev's visit to Baku for the 7th CICA Summit in October 2026, where it was decided to extend Azerbaijan's chairmanship and appoint an Azerbaijani representative as Secretary General. Experts praised the address and thanked Kazakhstan for supporting Azerbaijan's participation in the Central Asia format.