MP: New transport routes in South Caucasus will benefit Georgia

As the Caucasus increasingly takes shape as an integrated economic space, new transport routes developed with Azerbaijan’s participation will generate additional benefits for Georgia and enhance the region’s international standing.

According to domestic media, Sozar Subari, Vice Speaker of the Georgian Parliament and chairman of the People’s Power party, made the assessment as he commented on developments in the South Caucasus, the Zangezur Corridor, and Georgia’s transit role.

Subari stressed that the Zangezur Corridor should not be viewed as a competitor to Georgia. On the contrary, he said that in the long term it will help attract greater volumes of cargo to the region as a whole.

He noted that the corridor will not create competition for Georgian transit routes in the near future. Instead, the emergence of additional transport alternatives is expected to lead to an overall increase in freight traffic across the South Caucasus.

The lawmaker also pointed out that the so-called “Trump route,” as it is referred to in international discourse, will not be able to operate at full capacity in the coming years. As a result, existing transit corridors passing through Georgia face no immediate risks. He added that the presence of multiple transport corridors in the region will stimulate interest in the Middle Corridor and open up new economic opportunities for Georgia.

Subari placed particular emphasis on Azerbaijan’s role, describing the restoration of Azerbaijan’s territorial integrity and the establishment of peace in the South Caucasus as important and positive developments for the entire region. He added that recognition of this reality by Armenian society also contributes to strengthening regional stability.

Turning specifically to the Zangezur Corridor, Subari said its primary objective is to connect mainland Azerbaijan with the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic, which he described as a geographically natural and logical step. He expressed the view that direct cargo transportation between Azerbaijan and Armenia will become a normal practice in the future, while Georgia’s transit revenues will not suffer any significant losses.

He also highlighted the importance of new transit opportunities linking Nakhchivan with Türkiye and connecting East and West across the region. According to Subari, such projects do not undermine Georgia’s transit role; instead, they create favourable conditions for increasing cargo volumes across all transport corridors.

By Tamilla Hasanova