Azerbaijan Accelerates Middle Corridor Push With Central Asia Trade Deals

Azerbaijan is working hard this summer to build bridges across the Caspian Sea, announcing a variety of projects to expand Middle Corridor trade with Central Asian states. In late June, Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan signed a series of agreements to foster energy cooperation and open a regular flow of goods between the two states. Since the start of July, Baku has launched similar initiatives with Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. Deputy Uzbek Trade Minister Khurram Teshabayev, in an interview published by a government-aligned Azerbaijani media…