Azerbaijan, Turkey call on Georgia to eliminate delays in construction of BTK railway

  22 May 2014    Read: 884
Azerbaijan, Turkey call on Georgia to eliminate delays in construction of BTK railway
It is planned to complete the construction of the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars (BTK) railway by late 2015, Turkey`s Minister of Transport, Maritime and Communications, Lutfi Elvan told Trend on May 22.
The latest discussions on the project were held in Tbilisi with participation of Azerbaijani, Georgian and Turkish presidents, he said.
The minister underscored that although the work on the railway`s Turkish section has been completed by over 80 percent, work in the Georgian territory is delayed.

"In particular, delays are observed in the construction of 2,700-2,800 meters long tunnels in Georgia," Elvan stressed.

He went on to add that Azerbaijan and Turkey have called on Georgia to complete the work in its territory.

The minister pointed out that a direct rail link will be created from London to Beijing after completing the construction of the Marmaray railway tunnel in Turkey and commissioning the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway.

Elvan stated that along with strengthening the relations between Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey, this project will also link all the countries from Central Asia to China.

The Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway is being constructed on the basis of Georgian-Azerbaijani-Turkish inter-state agreement.

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