BATUMI

Armenia uses the Batumi-Novorosiysk sea route to bring cars and medical equipment produced by Western companies to the Russian Federation.

Armenia intensively uses the sea route between the ports of Batumi (Georgia) and Novorossiysk (Russia) to re-export to the Russian Federation goods subject to sanctions. As a result, 600 twenty-foot containers are transported on the Batumi-Novorosiysk sea route every week. All these shipments are carried out by "Armenian Shipping Company".

TRACECA will conduct a study tour on the possibility of increasing trade on the route "Central Asia - European Union" through the ports of the Caspian and Black Seas, the TRACECA administration announced on Thursday - May 12, 2022.

According to a source from TRACECA, the trip will last from 16 to 24 May 2022.

The Turkmen authorities agreed to participate in the “Lapis Lazuli”, which will connect Afghanistan with Turkey through Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan and Georgia.

İt is presented as an opportunity to export Afghan goods to Europe.

The agreement on transit and transport cooperation Lapis Lazuli between Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Turkey and Turkmenistan was signed on November 15, 2017, at the ministerial meeting of the 7th Regional Economic Cooperation Conference on Afghanistan in Ashgabat.

The Port of Baku and Batumi Multimodal Terminal have signed an Agreement to facilitate fertilizer transit via the Middle Corridor, Trend reports referring to the port's message on Twitter.

A Memorandum of Understanding was signed today between “Baku International Sea Trade Port” CJSC (aka Port of Baku) Trammo Inc., and “Wondernet Express Investment Group”, which owns and operates the Batumi Multimodal Fertilizer Terminal.

Batumi International Airport of Georgia received the first passenger flight after reconstruction, said TAV Georgia, the operator of Georgian airports, Trend reports via Georgia media.

On May 15, Air Astana delivered 115 passengers from Kazakhstan to the capital of Adjara.

During the summer season, flights on the Almaty-Batumi-Almaty route will be operated three times a week - on Sundays, Mondays and Wednesdays, on Airbus 320 aircraft.

Georgian Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development has refuted the information disseminated by Armenian media about the possible sale of the Batumi Sea Port, “Trend.az” reports referring to “Georgia Online”.

“The information disseminated by the Armenian media is false”, the ministry said. “The Batumi Oil Terminal company rented the Batumi Sea Port for a period of 49 years with the right to manage it”.

There are interested circles in Armenia,  in buying the port of Batumi, which Georgia is preparing to sell for $ 600 million. This is reported by the Armenian newspaper “Jamanak Daily” (“Time”).

According to the newspaper, various circles in Armenia are trying to organize a fundraiser to buy the port. This would allow the unimpeded delivery of goods in the country.

An office of the largest construction-development holding in Georgia, ORBI Group, was opened in Baku on Dec.5, Trend reports.

The event was organized by the CEO of the company Irakli Khvedelidze.

“Our group’s new office was opened in Baku and this is the 56th office of our company abroad. And today, representing Georgian business here, we hope that it will become a bridge for further development of relations with Azerbaijani business”, Khvedelidze noted.