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in 2018 classifies the following long list of countries as part of the corridor: Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, the
Palestinian Authority, Romania, Serbia, Syria, Tajikistan, Turkey,
42:, a global economic connectivity program led by China. The corridor was one of the 6 land corridors articulated in the initial vision for the BRI in 2015. It has since the 2nd Belt and Road Forum in 2019 become one of 35 corridors and project officially included in the BRI.
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going through
Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Turkey is nicknamed the "Iron Silk Road". The railway line and the Port of Baku rail head are both included in the list BRI corridors and projects. A columnist for the Turkish newspaper
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830:
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Academic researchers have variously included the countries of
Central Asia, the Caucasus, Middle East, Balkans and Turkey as part of the corridor. A report on the BRI by the
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saw the railway line as joining with the BRI in the region and challenging Russia's own BRI connected corridor as a primary corridor from China to Europe.
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The China
Railways Express, the first freight train to travel along the corridor, made its maiden trip in November 2016 from China (
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321:
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79:) in 18 days. The railway service traveled from China to Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Turkey (passing through Istanbul's
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150:"Joint Communique of the Leaders' Roundtable of the 2nd Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation"
63:
83:
under the
Bosphorus) before arriving in Central Europe. Travelling at an average speed of 40 km/h.
995:
584:
97:
The areas covered by the corridor overlaps with several other regional transportation initiatives. The
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China and
Eurasian Powers in a Multipolar World Order 2.0: Security, Diplomacy, Economy and Cyberspace
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CCAWEC provides an alternative land route between China and Europe which avoids
Russian territory.
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Sahakyan, Mher (2023). "China and the South
Caucasus in a Multipolar World Order 2.0".
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164:"The Belt and Road Initiative in the global trade, investment and finance landscape"
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610:
178:"First train from China to Europe makes 'Silk Railway' dream come true in Turkey"
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662:
388:
182:
103:
473:
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220:
248:
707:
72:
438:
373:
368:
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831:
Special Loan
Program for China-Latin America Infrastructure Project
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Sino-Latin
American Production Capacity Cooperation Investment Fund
956:
Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia
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62:
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152:. Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China.
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Bangladesh, China, India and Myanmar Economic Corridor
38:) is an economic and transportation corridor of the
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512:
466:
402:
300:
286:
394:China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan International Highway
389:Uzbekistan-Tajikistan-China International Highway
384:China-Central Asia-West Asia Economic Corridor
32:China–Central Asia–West Asia Economic Corridor
971:Greater Mekong Subregion Economic Cooperation
339:Economic corridor in Greater Mekong Subregion
264:
8:
458:International North–South Transport Corridor
344:China-Indochina Peninsula Economic Corridor
981:Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation
884:
856:
757:
680:
647:
564:
297:
271:
257:
249:
27:Transportation corridor in Asia and Europe
358:New International Land-Sea Trade Corridor
778:China-Eurasian Economic Cooperation Fund
363:Regional Comprehensive Economic Corridor
783:China-ASEAN Investment Cooperation Fund
453:China–Mongolia–Russia Economic Corridor
353:China-Laos-Thailand Railway Cooperation
132:"China denies abandoning BCIM corridor"
123:
872:Community of shared future for mankind
693:Agricultural Development Bank of China
489:Addis Ababa-Djibouti Economic Corridor
374:Malaysia-China Kuantan Industrial Park
369:China-Malaysia Qinzhou Industrial Park
793:China-CEE Investment Cooperation Fund
18:China–Central Asia–West Asia Corridor
7:
1006:China-Pacific Island Countries Forum
966:Lancang-Mekong Cooperation Mechanism
731:Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
658:Internationalization of the renminbi
520:Agua Negra Pass International Tunnel
67:The train route from Xi'an to Prague
991:China-Arab States Cooperation Forum
420:China-Europe Land-Sea Express Line
25:
986:Forum on China-Africa Cooperation
936:Shanghai Cooperation Organisation
1037:
1036:
551:
434:Trans-European Transport Network
379:Brunei-Guangxi Economic Corridor
308:China-Pakistan Economic Corridor
836:China-Arab states special loans
322:China-Myanmar Economic Corridor
535:Transoceanic fiber optic cable
55:Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan.
1:
815:China Africa Development Fund
590:Global Energy Interconnection
448:China–Belarus Industrial Park
788:Russia-China Investment Fund
348:Laos-China Economic Corridor
918:(2019 Leading Group report)
484:Port Sudan-Ethiopia Railway
219:. Mher Sahakyan. New York:
1079:
951:Caribbean Development Bank
798:China-LAC Cooperation Fund
90:
1032:
946:Asia Cooperation Dialogue
621:China-UAE Industrial Zone
616:Sino-Oman Industrial Park
549:
425:Baku–Tbilisi–Kars railway
327:Eastern Economic Corridor
99:Baku–Tbilisi–Kars railway
1063:Belt and Road Initiative
976:Greater Tumen Initiative
741:SCO Interbank Consortium
474:Suez Canal Economic Zone
429:Alyat Free Economic Zone
410:New Eurasian Land Bridge
280:Belt and Road Initiative
40:Belt and Road Initiative
916:Multilateral mechanisms
333:Two Corridors, One Belt
313:Trans-Himalayan Network
293:(2019 Joint Communique)
698:China Development Bank
198:"The 'Iron Silk Road'"
68:
631:Lekki Free Trade Zone
66:
1011:World Economic Forum
773:Green Silk Road Fund
736:New Development Bank
1016:Boao Forum for Asia
941:Asia-Europe Meeting
889:Belt and Road Forum
317:China–Nepal Railway
204:. November 9, 2017.
87:Related initiatives
961:ASEAN-China (10+1)
479:Cape to Cairo Road
186:. 7 November 2019.
69:
1050:
1049:
1028:
1027:
1024:
1023:
1001:China-CEEC (14+1)
996:China-CELAC Forum
848:
847:
844:
843:
808:China-Brazil Fund
749:
748:
639:
638:
585:Digital Silk Road
561:Linked to the BRI
547:
546:
494:Northern Corridor
294:
230:978-1-003-35258-7
16:(Redirected from
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1040:
1039:
885:
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138:. June 10, 2019.
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34:(abbreviated as
21:
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1077:
1073:
1072:
1071:
1069:
1068:
1067:
1053:
1052:
1051:
1046:
1020:
919:
917:
911:
876:
840:
819:
745:
717:
703:China Exim Bank
672:
635:
599:
580:Space Silk Road
556:
543:
539:Polar Silk Road
524:
508:
462:
415:Port of Piraeus
398:
291:
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196:
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175:
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148:
147:
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130:
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125:
120:
112:
95:
93:Middle Corridor
89:
81:Marmaray Tunnel
61:
48:
28:
23:
22:
15:
12:
11:
5:
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1074:
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839:
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827:
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821:
820:
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811:
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795:
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770:
768:Silk Road Fund
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747:
746:
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743:
738:
733:
727:
725:
719:
718:
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713:Sino Guarantee
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695:
689:
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371:
366:
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287:Corridors and
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207:
189:
169:
155:
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60:
57:
47:
44:
26:
24:
14:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
1075:
1064:
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898:
895:
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890:
886:
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870:
868:
867:Leading Group
865:
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862:
858:
855:
851:
837:
834:
832:
829:
828:
826:
822:
816:
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690:
688:
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679:
675:
669:
668:Green finance
666:
664:
661:
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653:
649:
646:
642:
632:
629:
627:
626:Port of Haifa
624:
622:
619:
617:
614:
612:
609:
608:
606:
602:
596:
593:
591:
588:
586:
583:
581:
578:
576:
575:Air Silk Road
573:
572:
570:
566:
563:
559:
554:
540:
537:
534:
533:
531:
527:
521:
518:
517:
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75:) to Europe (
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59:Freight route
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33:
19:
824:Credit lines
723:Multilateral
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110:Significance
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663:Panda bonds
365:(Indonesia)
183:Daily Sabah
329:(Thailand)
239:1353290533
118:References
91:See also:
853:Political
754:Platforms
644:Financial
611:Hulhumalé
568:Corridors
335:(Vietnam)
221:Routledge
46:Countries
1057:Category
1042:Category
881:Dialogue
708:Sinosure
651:Concepts
604:Projects
513:Americas
289:projects
202:Hurriyet
104:Hürriyet
677:Banking
499:LAPSSET
439:TRACECA
403:Eurasia
166:. OECD.
860:Policy
685:Policy
504:VICMED
467:Africa
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227:
77:Prague
36:CCAWEC
761:Funds
529:Theme
73:Xi'an
931:APEC
907:2023
902:2019
897:2017
443:TITR
301:Asia
235:OCLC
225:ISBN
52:OECD
30:The
926:G20
136:PTI
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