Azerbaijan, Afghanistan explore transport collaboration on Lapis Lazuli route PHOTO 

Azerbaijani Minister of Digital Development and Transport Rashad Nabiyev has written that Azerbaijan and Afghanistan discussed collaboration within the Lapis Lazuli Corridor.

“I had a discussion with Afghanistan’s Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation, Hameedullah Akhundzada, regarding opportunities for bilateral and multilateral cooperation in the transport sector, particularly concerning the Lapis Lazuli route. We explored the potential for road transportation from Afghanistan along this route,” Caliber.Az reports, citing Nabiyev’s message on X.

Əfqanıstanın nəqliyyat və mülki aviasiya naziri Həmidullah Axundzadə ilə görüşdük. Nəqliyyat sahəsində ikitərəfli və "Lapus Lazuri" marşrutu çərçivəsində çoxtərəfli əməkdaşlıq imkanlarını müzakirə etdik. pic.twitter.com/XQKH7srDPb

— Rashad Nabiyev (@RashadNNabiyev) October 4, 2024

The Lapis Lazuli Corridor encompasses part of CAREC Transport Corridor #2, stretching from Aqina in northern Faryab province and Torghundi in western Herat (both in Afghanistan), and continuing to the port of Turkmenbashi in Turkmenistan (on the Caspian Sea); the route then continues to Baku and further onward to Tbilisi, as well as the Georgian ports of Poti and Batumi; finally, the corridor connects to the cities of Kars and Istanbul, Türkiye, at the entrance of Europe.

By Naila Huseynova