EBRD Backs Key Road Upgrade to Strengthen Middle Corridor

By Dana Omirgazy in Business on 23 June 2026

ASTANA — The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is providing a loan of up to 230 million euros (US$262.3 million) in Japanese yen equivalent to help complete the modernization of a key road section in western Kazakhstan, supporting the development of the Trans-Caspian Corridor, the EU’s Global Gateway …

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