Georgia and Azerbaijan agreed on Monday to strengthen the Middle Corridor, which connects China to Europe through Central Asia, the Caspian Sea and the Caucasus, in the context of instability in the Middle East, informs EFE.

“Changes in the world increase the strategic importance of the Middle and Black Sea Corridor, creating new perspectives,” said Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobajidze at the end of the meeting in Tbilisi with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev.

According to Kobajidze’s statements, “Georgia and Azerbaijan play a fundamental role for international transport and energy projects,” according to Agerpres.

In turn, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev recalled that “Azerbaijan supplies gas to 16 countries through Georgia.”

“We agreed to develop the Southern Gas Corridor and the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline as priority arteries of the Middle Corridor,” he said.

In March, Georgian Foreign Minister Maka Bochirishvili already stressed the growing importance of the Middle Corridor, known as the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route (TITR), in the wake of the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East.

“The South Caucasus has a historic opportunity to become the most important transport corridor and the area of ​​the greatest geopolitical importance,” the Georgian foreign minister said.