Baku: Kars-Tbilisi-Baku Railroad "Considerable for Regional Cooperation"

PanARMENIAN.Net - The regional transport network will play an important role in the development of Eurasia. January 13 in Tbilisi the governments of Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey agreed on signing a project on reconstruction of Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway branch, reported the press office of the Azeri MFA, which rates the project "as considerable event for the region trade and economic cooperation."



"The regional transport network will play an important role in the development of Eurasia and its security. It will strengthen the social and economic development of the region and will promote more global cooperation. The project will prove an advance and will bring the Europe-Caucasus-Asia transport corridor to a new level of development within the framework of reconstruction of the Great Silk Road. The Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railroad will become the basic element of the East-West energy transport communication," the statement says.



Construction of a railway corresponding to international standards will ensure uninterrupted conveyance of passengers and cargo, development of transport regional infrastructures and secure successful outlet to the commodity market, reports Day.az.