On August 8, 2025, the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, the President of the United States of America, Donald Trump, and the Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia, Nikol Pashinyan, signed a Joint Declaration following their meeting held in Washington, D.C.
The first container train has been dispatched from the joint cargo terminal in Xi'an to the Kazakh-Chinese Zhetysu terminal in Almaty.
The first freight train has departed from the Chinese province of Zhejiang to Azerbaijan via Turkmenistan within the Trans-Caspian International Transport Corridor (TITR, Middle Corridor), Report informs referring to the Agency of Transport and Communications of Turkmenistan.
On April 23, a ceremony for the signing of documents between Azerbaijan and China was held in Beijing, with the participation of Ilham Aliyev, President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, and Xi Jinping, President of the People’s Republic of China.
Azerbaijan, uniquely positioned at the crossroads of Europe and Asia, is becoming a pivotal link between East and West. With state-of-the-art infrastructure and visionary policies, the country is rapidly transforming into a global hub for trade, transport, and cultural exchange.
Rail freight transportation on the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars (BTK) railway will become more intensive, Rovshan Rustamov, chairman of Azerbaijan Railways CJSC (ADY), told Report. He noted that the BTK had not been operating for about a year: "From next year, more intensive freight transportation will be carried out through this railway line. An agreement has already been reached on the transportation of goods from China via the BTK."
A Joint Declaration of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the People’s Republic of China on the establishment of a strategic partnership was adopted as part of the Summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization in Astana.
The Baku-Tbilisi-Kars (BTK) railway project, initiated on November 27, 2007, and inaugurated on October 30, 2017, spans approximately 850 kilometers, with over 500 kilometers traversing Azerbaijani territory.
The Port of Baku in Azerbaijan is the oldest and most strategic port on the Caspian Sea. Set on a trading route between the east and west it’s a global destination for transport and logistics, and connectivity is key to its success.
Azerbaijan's transit freight sector has experienced impressive growth in recent years, solidifying the country’s position as a vital transit hub between Europe, Asia, and the Middle East.
