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PM: Many fees charged to foreign road carriers entering from Türkiye abolished

22 December 2025 16:06 (UTC +04:00)

Taking into account the requests of the Turkish side, many of the fees charged to foreign road carriers entering the country have been abolished, said Prime Minister Ali Asadov at the 12th meeting of the Joint Intergovernmental Commission on Economic Cooperation between Azerbaijan and Türkiye, APA reports.

Ali Asadov said that the transport sector is one of the priority areas of cooperation:

“Based on last year’s results, an increase was recorded in the volume of transit transportation between our countries (4 million tons). In the 11 months of the current year, the volume of transit transportation has exceeded 3.5 million tons. Road transport forms the backbone of this cooperation. The quotas for the exchange of permit forms for carriers have been significantly increased. At the same time, taking into account requests from the Turkish side, many of the fees charged to foreign road carriers entering the country have been abolished.

Although an increase has also been recorded in rail transit transportation this year, the volume does not satisfy us (275 thousand tons). Today, the Baku–Tbilisi–Kars railway connecting Türkiye and Azerbaijan provides very strong advantages. As an important link of the Middle Corridor, the carrying capacity of the BTK was increased last year from 1 million tons to 5 million tons through Azerbaijan’s investments. We must work more actively to attract additional cargo flows to this route. The development of the Middle Corridor is of strategic importance for our countries.”