Iran, Turkmenistan, and Kazakhstan have reached an initial agreement to establish a joint digital corridor connecting Central Asia with the Persian Gulf and neighboring countries, according to Iran's government press service.
The agreement was announced following a trilateral meeting in Doha, Qatar, on November 10, 2026, between Iran's Minister of Communications and Information Technology Sattar Hashemi, Turkmenistan's Minister of Communications Hajji Murad Khodaykuliyev, and Kazakhstan's Deputy Minister of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Development Doszhan Musa Aliyev. The meeting took place on the sidelines of the International Telecommunication Union's Plenipotentiary Conference 2026 (PP-26).
The digital corridor initiative aims to strengthen telecommunications connectivity across the region and provide Central Asian nations with enhanced digital infrastructure linking to the Persian Gulf and neighboring countries. According to the initial agreement, the three nations will pursue further negotiations to finalize the details and scope of their collaborative efforts.
The three countries already benefit from the Kazakhstan-Turkmenistan-Iran railway, which was inaugurated in December 2014 and provides Central Asian countries with direct rail access to Iran and the Persian Gulf through the port of Bandar Abbas.
The three nations indicated that detailed terms and conditions of the digital corridor will be negotiated in subsequent discussions among the parties.