Georgia and Azerbaijan agreed to accelerate the delimitation and demarcation of their shared border during the eleventh meeting of their intergovernmental economic commission in Tbilisi. The unresolved sections include territory around the historic Davit Gareji monastery complex, a sensitive cultural and political issue.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze said there had been no progress for many years and that both sides now intended to work quickly on roughly 15 sections. Azerbaijani Prime Minister Ali Asadov gave what Kobakhidze described as a friendly response to the request.
The meeting produced a protocol and an agreement on practical operation of the Silk Road–Ipek Yolu international road crossing. Officials also signed memoranda on veterinary services and plant protection, measures that can reduce non-tariff friction for agricultural trade when implemented.
Transport cooperation centred on the Middle Corridor linking Asia and Europe through the South Caucasus. Georgia highlighted the East–West Highway, railway modernisation, the Baku–Tbilisi–Kars line, Anaklia deep-sea port and a planned new Tbilisi airport as parts of its connectivity strategy.
Asadov said bilateral trade rose by more than 40% in the first nine months of 2026 to $1 billion. He put cumulative Azerbaijani investment in Georgia at about $4 billion and said the modernised Baku–Tbilisi–Kars railway could carry five million tonnes.
Energy remains another foundation. Existing oil and gas pipelines support regional and European supply, while Georgia, Azerbaijan, Romania and Hungary are developing a Green Energy Corridor intended to transmit renewable electricity toward the European market.
The border pledge is the most politically delicate result because technical maps intersect with heritage claims and domestic sentiment. Progress will require joint survey work, transparent legal decisions and restraint around Davit Gareji. If managed, settlement could remove friction from an otherwise expanding trade, energy and transit relationship.
