BAKU, Azerbaijan, October 31. EU recognizes
Azerbaijan as a strategic connectivity partner for the Middle
Corridor and the Global Gateway, reads the Resolution by the
Euronest Parliamentary Assembly on promoting fair trade,
cooperation and investments between the EU and Eastern Partnership
(EaP) countries in support of connectivity, green transition and
infrastructure development, Trend reports.
The document says that the initiatives, including the proposed
Black Sea Submarine Electricity Cable and the Trans-Caspian digital
corridor projects, are intended to transmit renewable energy and
high-capacity digital traffic between the Caspian-South Caucasus
region and the EU and are presented as Global Gateway aligned
projects.
“Southern Gas Corridor provides an established strategic gas
route to EU markets that contributes to supply diversification, and
the EU and Azerbaijan have signaled intent under initiatives such
as REPowerEU,” reads the document.
The Middle Corridor is a trade and transport route linking Asia
and Europe, passing through several countries in the region as an
alternative to the traditional Northern and Southern Corridors.
The route starts in China, passes through the Central Asian
countries of Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and Turkmenistan, then crosses
the Caspian Sea and covers Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Türkiye before
reaching Europe.
