It is a great pleasure for me to extend the support of Turkic Council to launching Trans-Caspian Fiber Optic lines construction planned to be laid through the bottom of the Caspian Sea between Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan has been held on 19 November 2019 in Aktau city of Kazakhstan with the participation of Prime Ministers of Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan, Ali Asadov and Askar Mamin.
This project, being a part of the Trans-Caspian backbone project initiated by the Republic of Azerbaijan will create the transcontinental fiber-optic backbone from Europe to Asia and serve as a platform for increasing the connectivity and develop e-services, thus, promoting industrial development, diversification of economy and competitiveness of the Eurasian countries.
The cable with a length of about 380-400 km along the bottom of the Caspian Sea will be constructed and put into operation by the end of 2021. It will allow the transmission of data with a capacity of at least 4-6 terabits/s.
The project will be implemented in accordance with intergovernmental Agreement “On organization of activities by communication operators of Azerbaijan (“AzerTelecom”) and Kazakhstan (“KazTransCom” and “Transtelecom”) in relation to the joint construction of fiber optic transmission lines along the bottom of the Caspian Sea on Azerbaijan-Kazakhstan route, their ownership, and use” signed between Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan in 2018 with the active participation of Turkic Council.
The information and communication technology (ICT) is one of the important topics in the agenda of the Turkic Counc. During the past 2 years Secretariat of Turkic Council has organized 3 meetings of ministers in charge of ICT and has taken necessary measures to strengthen and broaden the framework of cooperation in ICT sector among the Member countries through new mechanisms and joint activities and projects, including TASIM, taking practical measures for the speedy realization of this project.
On this occasion, I extend my congratulations on the starting of implementation of such an important project and the support of Turkic Council to all initiatives that serve sustainable development of the Member States.
I believe that this remarkable development will add significant momentum to the activities of the Turkic Council and ever-increasing cooperation among the Member countries and peoples.
Baghdad Amreyev
Secretary General of the Turkic Council
