AKP Phnom Penh, February 07, 2025—
 Kazakhstan and Georgia are focusing on boosting cargo volumes along the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route, or the Middle Corridor, while upgrading its transit infrastructure, according to a statement by the Kazakh presidential press service on Thursday.
Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev and Georgia's Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze discussed prospects for bilateral cooperation, international agenda issues, and regional security in Astana on the same day.
"Kazakhstan and Georgia cooperate effectively at various levels, including collaboration between parliaments, governments, and state agencies," Tokayev noted, as quoted in the statement.
Tokayev highlighted Georgia's remarkable progress in recent years, underscoring the substantial results of ongoing reforms and an impressive 9.4 percent economic growth rate.
Tokayev also praised the comprehensive development of bilateral relations, calling Georgia a reliable partner of Kazakhstan in the Caucasus region.
For his part, Kobakhidze said that Kazakhstan is one of the first countries he visited after taking office and stated that Georgia remains firmly committed to the fruitful development of multifaceted relations with Kazakhstan.
"Strengthening political and economic cooperation is of great importance to us. We are ready to actively support Kazakhstan's interests in various forms, including multilateral platforms," he said.
The Georgian prime minister also invited Tokayev to visit Georgia.
They also discussed prospects for deepening bilateral cooperation across a wide range of areas, including trade, energy, investment, tourism, artificial intelligence, and digitalization, as well as current issues on the international agenda and regional security, the statement said.

AKP-Xinhua