The first round of consultations on the issue of creating a Russian-Georgian-Armenian-Azerbaijan consortium began in Tbilisi. The consortium is to take up the reconstruction of Transcaucasian railway passing through Abkhazia. Although concrete decisions have not been made yet, it is quite obvious that the ice has begun to break. The information about possible launch of Abkhazian railway has caused a lot of worry in Azerbaijan. The press in Baku expresses outrage about the participation of Azerbaijan statesmen in the negotiations on implementing a project that has a paramount importance for Armenia.