Trilateral meeting on Kars-Tbilisi-Baku railroad to be held in Ankara

PanARMENIAN.Net - The Azeri-Georgian-Turkish working group will sit in Ankara this week to discuss implementation of the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railroad construction project, said Huseyn Avni Karslioglu, Turkish Ambassador to Azerbaijan. Heads of railway departments of the three states will take part in the meeting, he said.



Amb. Karslioglu noted that construction of a trunk-railway is not an easy task. Some segments will stretch through tunnels in the mountains. "Construction of one more tunnel needs to be built at the Turkish-Georgian border. That is why the sides discuss the issues so thoroughly," he said, Novosti Azerbaijan reports.



The railroad length will make 105 km. 29 km will extend through Turkey, the rest will be built in Georgia. The Baku-Tbilisi railway will be reconstructed within the project framework.



Turkey will itself cover all construction expenses on its territory. As to the Georgian sector, Azerbaijan is planning to allocate a $200 million credit to Georgia.