US push for new corridor from Central Asia to Europe without Russia or China

The US is considering creating a new land route from the countries of Central Asia to Europe through the territories of Armenia and Azerbaijan, bypassing Russia and China, James O'Brien, US Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs, stated at a hearing on "The Future of Europe" in the US Senate.

🌏O'Brien lamented the fact that Central Asian countries' path to the global markets "is fundamentally through Russia or China".

🌏The US official suggested a new route through Azerbaijan and Armenia, after mentioning that Baku and Yerevan have agreed to a border demarcation process, following clashes over Nagorny Karabakh. 

🌏In June, the US Trade Representative (USTR) Kathleen Tai visited Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan to promote the US version of the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route (TITR), also known as the Middle corridor, in order to connect the region with the West - sidelining Russia and China, via a route across the Caspian and through the South Caucasus and Turkiye.

🌏In January, European and international investors pledged to commit $10.8 billion to support "Middle corridor connectivity" between Europe and Central Asia.

🌏A website of the International Association "Trans-Caspian International Transport Route" launched by Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan and Georgia, presents another version of TITR, which includes routes to and from Southeast Asia and China, as a crucial part of the project. 

🌏Georgia's Anaklia deep sea port, built by a Chinese-led consortium, is named by regional players as an important part of TITR. However, the US is up in arms about China's role in building the port. 

🌏Apparently, the US is seeking to substitute Georgia with Armenia, in its version of TITR being at odds with Georgia's ruling Georgian Dream Party.

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⚡️🇷🇺🇺🇦⚔️ SMO Zone Map for 1 August 2024⚡️

🗓 Territorial Changes on the Map of the War for the Partition of #Ukraine associated with the conduct of hostilities for July 2024:

🔴 In the #Kharkov Direction, mutual attacks of the parties near #Glubokoye and #Tikhoye +1.73 km²

🔴 East of #Kupyansk, the RFAF entered the village of #Peschanoye +6.86 km²

🔴 In the Area of #Svatovo, the RFAF advanced on #Stelmakhovka, #Rozovka and #Makeyevka +6.85 km²

🔴 In the Area of ​​​​#Kremennaya, attack of the RFAF north of the #Torskoye ledge and withdrawal from RFAF positions in the #Kremensky forests +0.33 km²

🔴 At the Line #Soledar - #Lisichansk, the RFAF reached #IvanoDaryevka and occupied #Razdolovka with the surrounding area +15.89 km²

🔴 In the #ChasovYar Direction, the RFAF expanded the control zone at the Seversky Donets-Donbass Canal and in #Andreyevka +2.48 km²

🔴 Near #Gorlovka, the RFAF entered the settlements of #Druzhba, #Kirovo, #Shumy, #Artemovo, #Leninskoye, #Novgorodskoye (#NyuYork) and #Yuryevka +22.65 km²

🔴 In the #Avdeyevka Direction, the RFAF occupied the settlements of #Lozovatskoye, #Progress, #Volchye, #Yevgenovka, #Voskhod, #Sokol and #Novosyolovka1st. The control zone has been expanded at #Netaylovo and #Pervomayskoye +52.86 km²

🔴 In #Krasnogorovka they took full control of the central part of the town, advanced to #Maksimilyanovka and south of #Georgiyevka +6.0 km²

🔴 In the Area of #Novomikhaylovka, the RFAF attacked south of #Pobeda, entered the southern outskirts of #Konstantinovka and moved towards the Motorway to #Ugledar +8.5 km²

🔴 In the #Ugledar Section, the RFAF advanced a significant distance from #Sladkoye towards #Vodyanoye + 21.1 km²

🔴 South of #VelikayaNovosyolka, the RFAF occupied #Staromayorskoye and #Urozhaynoye +11.82 km²

🔴 In the #Orekhov Section, progress along the Motorway to #Orekhov from #Pologi and west of #Rabotino +4.96 km²

📌 General Territorial Changes for July 2024 +162.04 km² or +5.23 km² per day on average.

🗺 The Map is based on geodata published on the Creamy Caprice Channel available from public videos and photographs.

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📜 Report: @creamy_caprice; 1 Aug 2024 10:03 GMT+3; #smo #ass

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