Azerbaijan's Transport Sector: Rising Transit, Restricted Borders

A container train arriving at the Baku International Sea Trade Port is usually unloaded within a few hours, and its cargo is already on its way to Europe. At the same time, a truck driver waiting at the border crossing in the direction of Kazakhstan spends hours standing in line. Different border, different reality. Although these two scenes appear contradictory, they are in fact two sides of the same story: Azerbaijan is rapidly strengthening...

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