Georgia set to complete strategic roads linking Azerbaijan, Armenia in 2026

Georgia’s government has officially announced a plan to fully integrate its road network into the Middle Corridor logistics route by 2026, ensuring high-speed highway connections between Azerbaijan and Armenia through Georgian territory, and onward to Türkiye and Europe.

Budget planning indicates that Tbilisi intends to fully commission the strategic highways by 2026, Caliber.Az reports, citing Georgian media.

The priority infrastructure development plan, reflected in the state budget, includes the completion of several key road sections. These include the Rustavi–Red Bridge route leading to the border with Azerbaijan, and the Algeti–Sadakhlo road, which links Georgia with Armenia.

At the same time, in the west of the country, the Batumi–Sarp highway project will be finalised, providing access to the Turkish border. The government document emphasises that the completion of these projects will be the final step in forming the Georgian segment of the transport hub connecting the four countries in the region.

This initiative is part of the large-scale Trans-Caspian International Transport Route, known as the “Middle Corridor.” The logistics route, created in 2014 with the participation of Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan, runs from China through the Caspian Sea to Europe.

Georgia joined the project in 2022 at the initiative of Ankara, and plays a key role as a transit hub, providing the land link between the Caspian and the Black Sea regions.

By Khagan Isayev