Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railroad construction to start early OctoberSeptember 5, 2007 - 14:50 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Construction of the Georgian and Turkish sectors of the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railroad will start in early October, Azeri Transport Ministry official Sadraddin Mammadov said. He said the Georgian segment will extend for 29 km, the Turkish one - for 76 km. The building will kick off at the Georgian-Turkish border, Mammadov said.The results of the tender are expected by the end of September. To date, 50 companies have announced their participation, APA reports. The project of the Georgian and Turkish sectors was drawn up by Yuksel Domanic Turkish company. The resulting document was signed by Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey in Tbilisi in February 2007. According to the agreement, Azerbaijan assigned a $200-million credit for a 25-year term to Georgia. Georgia will build a new railway and reconstruct the old one as well as establish a maintenance point at the border. Top stories Yerevan has dismissed Turkey’s demand to shut down the Armenian nuclear power plant as “inappropriate”. Armenia will loan 2.9 billion drams to Nagorno Karabakh (Artsakh), according to a draft government decision. The Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of Azerbaijan has “strongly condemned” Armenia’s decision. Kerobyan has said that for the first time in the history of Armenia, the volume of foreign direct investments amounted to about $1 billion. Partner news | Putin congratulates Pashinyan’s birthday Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on his birthday on June 1. Opposition motorcade en route to Gyumri for large rally A motorcade of protesters headed by Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan is heading to the city of Gyumri. Ruling MPs, Foreign Minister talk Armenia-Azerbaijan processes MOs from the ruling Civil Contract party met with the Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan in the Armenian parliament. Russia: Armenia’s frozen membership weakens CSTO position in Caucasus A Russian envoy said any step that could alienate the CSTO member states from each other is “deeply wrong”. |