Mawlavi Abdul Ghani Baradar Akhund, Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs, visited the Baku International Sea Port in Azerbaijan today.
According to the Economic Affairs Office, Baradar reviewed the port’s facilities and logistics and requested Azerbaijani officials to facilitate the export of Afghan goods via the corridor.
During the visit—attended by port and railway officials—they expressed readiness to handle exports of Afghanistan’s industrial, agricultural, and mineral products to Turkey and Europe through the Lapis Lazuli corridor.
They also showed readiness to transport Afghan goods to Russia via Iran using the railway system.
Both parties agreed to establish joint technical committees to assess existing facilities and transport routes for future trade and transit cooperation.
The Baku port currently has a transit capacity of 15 million metric tons per year, with plans to expand to 25 million metric tons in the future.
