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News.az (23 January 2026)

Georgia’s Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze has dismissed concerns that new direct cargo transportation routes through Armenia and Azerbaijan could undermine Georgia’s role as a key regional transit hub.

Speaking in an interview with Imedi TV, Kobakhidze said freight volumes moving through Georgia as part of the Middle Corridor had increased sevenfold over the past five years, calling claims of potential transit losses “empty speculation,” News.Az reports, citing Georgian media.

“Under conditions of such growth, an alternative corridor can only serve as a complement to our transit function,” the prime minister said.

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