Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan, and Georgia signed a cooperation protocol to develop cargo transportation, digitize processes, and conduct diagnostics of the Middle Corridor, Azerbaijan Railways reported.

The document was signed following talks between Rovshan Rustamov, chairman of Azerbaijan Railways (ADY) under AZCON Holding; Turkmen Minister of Railway Transport Mammed Akmammedov; Zufar Narzullaev, chairman of Uzbekistan Railways (O‘zbekiston Temir Yo‘llari); and Lasha Abashidze, CEO of Georgian Railways, on Feb. 10, 2026, in Ashgabat.

Officials discussed issues of mutual interest and opportunities to expand cooperation in the railway sector, including strengthening coordination along the Middle Corridor, one of the region’s key transit routes.

The International Trans-Caspian Transport Route, also known as the Middle Corridor, links Europe and Asia, passing through China, Kazakhstan, the Caspian Sea, Azerbaijan, and Georgia. The route is used for container shipments via rail and maritime transport.