The CASPIA Analytical Center, led by its Director Orkhan Yolchuyev, is participating in the CATLIF26 – Central Asia Transport, Logistics & Investment Forum, which has officially opened in Astana.

The forum serves as one of the region’s leading platforms for dialogue on transport, logistics, investment, and regional connectivity, bringing together government officials, international organizations, business leaders, logistics operators, investors, and policy experts.

Among the keynote speakers are Maksat Kaliakparov, Vice Minister of Transport of the Republic of Kazakhstan; Zhanibek Tayzhanov, Vice Minister of Transport of Kazakhstan; Bolatbek Tynybekov, Head of the Transit Department of the State Revenue Committee of Kazakhstan; and Aleksandra Suladze, Deputy Head of the Transport and Logistics Development Policy Division at Georgia’s Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development.

The discussions are focused on the future of international transport corridors crossing Central Asia and the South Caucasus, improving regional transit capacity, and strengthening the Middle Corridor (Trans-Caspian International Transport Route) as a strategic Eurasian connectivity route linking Europe and Asia.