Member countries of the Corridor: Azerbaijan, Armenia, Bulgaria, Georgia, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Romania, Tajikistan, Turkey, Ukraine and Uzbekistan
Main features of the Transport Corridor Europe-Caucasus-Asia (TRACECA)
Main agreements related to the TRACECA Corridor:
Basic Multilateral Agreement on International Transport for the Development of the Europe-Caucasus-Asia Corridor ”(MLA TRACECA)
Baku Initiative
TRACECA Multimodal Transport Development Agreement
The International Transport Corridor Europe-Caucasus-Asia (TRACECA)
comprises a complex multimodal transport system of thirteen countries in Europe and Eurasia: Azerbaijan, Armenia, Bulgaria, Georgia, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Romania, Tajikistan, Turkey, Ukraine and Uzbekistan.
Note: Turkmenistan is not a member of TRACECA, but has requested the access.
The corridor begins in Eastern Europe (Moldova, Romania, Ukraine)
Cross Turkey
There is a route that goes through the Black Sea to the ports of
Poti and Georgia, through the transport network of the Southern Caucasus
The southern Caucasus has a road connection with Turkey
From Azerbaijan, through the Caspian ferries (Baku - Turkmenbashi,
Baku - Aktau), the TRACECA route reaches the railway networks of the states
of Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan in Central Asia
The transport networks of these states are connected with Uzbekistan,
Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan
From these three countries it is possible to reach the borders with
China and Afghanistan
The Transport Corridor Europe-Caucasus-Asia (TRACECA) is an essential part of the foreign trade between Europe, the Caucasus, Central Asia and the Asia-Pacific region.
TRACECA's legal framework is defined by the "Basic Multilateral Agreement on International Transport for the Development of the
Europe-Caucasus-Asia Corridor" (MLA TRACECA, 1998) whose objectives are:
Facilitate access to regional markets by developing road, air, rail and maritime transport
Facilitate the international transport of goods
Guarantee the safety of transport, products and protection of the environment
Harmonize transport policies and legal frameworks related to transport
in the TRACECA region
The International Transport Corridor Europe-Caucasus-Asia (TRACECA) is a complex multimodal transport system in the countries of the region, whose
objective is to develop economic and commercial relations as well as transport links between the members
countries.
This corridor seeks the reactivation of one of the most famous historical
routes: the Silk Road.
The EU supports the development of the International Transport Corridor Europe-Caucasus-Asia (TRACECA), although it is not part
of the Agreement.
Countries in the area of influence of the Transport Corridor
Europe-Caucasus-Asia (TRACECA):
Afghanistan
China
Russia
Belarus
Bulgaria
Syria
Iraq
Pakistan
Mongolia
Turkmenistan
Asian regional economic communities related to the Transport Corridor Europe-Caucasus-Asia (TRACECA).
Central Asia Cooperation (CAREC): Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia,
Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. Iran is
an observer country
Commonwealth of Independent States: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan,
Moldova, Russia, Ukraine, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan y Uzbekistan
Turkic Council: Azerbaijan,
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Turkey
Organization for Cooperation between Railways (OSJD): Azerbaijan, Albania, Afghanistan, Belarus, Bulgaria, Hungary,
Vietnam, Georgia, Iran, Kazakhstan, China, North Korea, South Korea, Cuba, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Mongolia,
Poland, Russia, Romania, Slovakia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan,
Ukraine, Czech Republic and Estonia
As an EU member is a beneficiary of the EU trade agreements with Moldova, Colombia, Ukraine, Mexico, Georgia, South Korea, the ASEAN, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon...
Trade Agreements of Ukraine: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia,
Kazakhstan, Moldova, the Kyrgyz Republic, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
Iran
Trade Agreements of Iran:
Algeria, Armenia, Syria, Venezuela, Pakistan
Turkey
Trade Agreements with the EFTA, Israel, Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Tunisia, Morocco, Palestine, Syria (pending), Egypt, Jordan, Georgia, Lebanon, Montenegro, Serbia, Chile, Mauritius, South Korea, and Albania
Islamic Trade Preferential System (OCI-TPS)
GSP
Main Euro-Asian institutions related to the Corridor
Boao Forum for Asia
Asia Cooperation Dialogue
ESCAP
Asian Development Bank
Colombo Plan
UNECE
Main Islamic institutions
Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OCI)
Islamic Development Bank
The main Religions of the region of the Transport Corridor
Europe-Caucasus-Asia (TRACECA) are: