BAKU, Azerbaijan, October 19. Bulgaria is ready to intensify cooperation with Kazakhstan to develop the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route (TITR), Bulgarian Minister of Transport and Communications Georgi Peev said during a meeting with Kazakhstan's Ambassador to Bulgaria Viktor Temirbayev.
According to Kazakhstan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the meeting focused on the current state and prospects of transport and logistics cooperation between the two countries.
The sides noted that the fifth meeting of the Kazakhstan-Bulgaria Intergovernmental Commission on Economic Cooperation, held in Sofia on May 20, 2025, and the official visit of Rumen Radev to Kazakhstan on June 9, 2025, when he was President of Bulgaria, had given additional impetus to the development of bilateral relations.
Particular attention was paid to the development of the TITR, given its growing role in facilitating freight transportation between Europe, the South Caucasus, Central Asia and China.
The parties also discussed prospects for establishing direct air links between Kazakhstan and Bulgaria and expanding cooperation in international road transport.
Peev noted that Bulgaria had the potential to strengthen its position as a transport and logistics hub for transit shipments between Asia and Europe. He expressed Bulgaria's readiness to intensify cooperation with Kazakhstan on TITR development.
According to the minister, expanding cooperation in this area would contribute to growth in bilateral trade.
