Azerbaijani President: More than $100M will be additionally invested in BTK railway project

  14 December 2022    Read: 619
  Azerbaijani President: More than $100M will be additionally invested in BTK railway project

In addition, more than 100 million US dollars will be invested in the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars (BTK) project, President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev said during an expanded meeting with his Turkish and Turkmen counterparts in the city of Turkmenbashi, AzVision.az reports.  

"In 2017, together with my dear brother Recep Tayyip Erdogan, we inaugurated the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars Railway. In addition, more than 100 million US dollars will be invested in this project, and its handling capacity will be increased from the current one million to five million tons," the head of state said.

He noted that Azerbaijan has the largest commercial fleet in the Caspian Sea, with over 50 cargo ships. "The Baku Shipyard, commissioned in 2013, is currently operating at its full capacity. This facility is capable of building any type of vessel."

"Azerbaijan has one of the largest civil air cargo fleets in our region, with 18 cargo planes. It is planned to add nine more aircrafts to our cargo fleet over the next 10 years," the president said.

"Currently, there are 8 international airports operating in Azerbaijan. President of Turkiye, my dear brother Recep Tayyip Erdogan, attended the opening of Fuzuli and Zangilan airports built in the liberated territories. In 2024, the 9th international airport of our country is scheduled to be opened in liberated Lachin," he added. 


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