Iran, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan Reach Initial Accord on Digital Corridor

Iran’s minister of information and communications technology announced an initial trilateral agreement with Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan to establish a digital corridor to connect Central Asia to the Persian Gulf and neighboring countries.

On the sidelines of the ITU Plenipotentiary Conference 2026 (PP-26) in Doha, Seyed Sattar Hashemi met with Turkmenistan’s minister of communications and Kazakhstan’s deputy minister of AI and digital development to discuss expanding communications cooperation and strengthening regional digital connectivity.

During the meeting, the three sides reached an initial agreement to establish a joint digital corridor to link Central Asian countries to the Persian Gulf and provide communication routes with other neighboring countries. Under the initial agreement, the details of the cooperation will be reviewed in subsequent negotiations. A final agreement expected to be signed in the near future. - IRNA