POLITICS
Kazakh PM: Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway will reach Europe and become one of the key projects in Transcaspian international transportation
Baku, October 31, AZERTAC
”Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railroad will reach Europe and become one of the main projects in Transcaspian international transportation. The Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railroad project provides an access to Turkey and Eastern Europe, as well as to the Mediterranean Sea. This new railroad will make contribution to the development of transport and logistics opportunities of our countries,” said Kazakhstan Prime Minister Bakytzhan Sagintayev.
“We were the first country to support the implementation of the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars Project. This decision was adopted by Azerbaijan, Turkey and Georgia in 2016 with support from Kazakhstan and China. The adoption of this crucial decision in our capital city Astana has a symbolic meaning for us. The project stimulates the cargo transportation projects in the Caspian infrastructure of Kazakhstan, forms the optimal logistics, expands the economic and trade growth in the region.” Bakytzhan Sagintayev expressed his confidence that the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railroad corridor will give an essential impetus to the development of the regional trade.
“It will create additional potential for the economic growth. The corridor will be an incentive for the stable and safe development of the whole South Caucasus region,” he added.