Lapis Lazuli corridor

The Lapis Lazuli Route connects Afghanistan via the shortest way to the European and Balkan markets via the Caspian and Black Sea ports[1]

Lapis Lazuli is an international transit route opened in 2018 linking Afghanistan to Turkey via Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan and Georgia.[2][3]

The name “Lapis Lazuli” is derived from the historic route that Afghanistan's lapis lazuli and other semiprecious stones were exported along, over 2,000 years ago, to the Caucasus, Russia, the Balkans, Europe, and North Africa along the ancient Silk Road. The initiative will serve to reinforce the Afghan Government's Infrastructure and Connectivity Development, Energy, and Private Sector Development National Priority Programs.[4] Currently, the transit project’s budget is estimated at $2 billion.

  1. ^ "RECCA: The Lapis Lazuli Route".
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Ghani inaugurates Lapis Lazuli route, ring road in Herat was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Afghanistan’s commercial goods arrived in Turkey through Lapis Lazuli route was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "policymof.gov.af". Archived from the original on 2016-08-25.