Erdoğan highlights importance of Caspian-transit Middle Corridor

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Thursday underlined the importance of the Caspian-transit East-West Middle Corridor, calling it the "modern-day equivalent of the Silk Road."

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During a press conference in Kazakhstan, Erdoğan said the corridor's importance is being better understood with each passing day.

Noting that they had "successfully" held the Sixth Meeting of the High-Level Strategic Cooperation Council and signed numerous documents, the Turkish president said that the meeting with Kazakh counterpart Kassym-Jomart Tokayev and his delegation addressed cooperation in areas such as trade, transportation, energy, health, mining, culture, education, technology, and the defense industry.