Foreign Ministers of the Central Asian Countries Visit Batumi Seaport

The foreign ministers of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, together with Georgia’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Maka Botchorishvili, visited Batumi Sea Port and its terminal infrastructure. The visit took place as part of the Meeting of the Foreign Ministers of Georgia and the Central Asian Countries.

Ivane Abashidze, Director of the Maritime Transport Agency of Georgia, briefed the guests on the operations of Georgia’s seaports, existing transit capacities, and ongoing and planned infrastructure projects.

Particular attention was paid to Georgia’s strategic importance as a transport and logistics hub connecting Europe and Asia, as well as to the role of the country’s seaports in the development of the Middle Corridor.

The strategic importance of the Anaklia Deep Sea Port project was underscored, as its implementation will expand Georgia’s maritime transport capacity.