POLITICS
President Ilham Aliyev: BTK’s construction is the result of Azerbaijani-Georgian-Turkish friendship
Baku, October 31, AZERTAC
“An agreement on construction of Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway was signed in Georgia, then groundbreaking ceremony was held in Turkey and today we are celebrating the opening of this railway in Azerbaijan. The construction of this road is the result of Azerbaijani-Georgian-Turkish friendship, brotherhood. The three countries area successfully cooperating in all areas, supporting each other and realizing important projects for our people, our countries and the whole world. Baku-Tbilisi-Kars is a project that took its worthy place among other projects,” said President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev at a solemn opening ceremony of the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway.
Noting that the Southern Gas Corridor is one of the biggest infrastructure projects in Europe President Ilham Aliyev described it as the result of united efforts of Azerbaijan, Georgia, Turkey and other countries. President Ilham Aliyev noted that the realization of this project successfully continues. “So the BTK railway too was created on the basis of the initial projects and naturally, if we didn’t implement these large-scale projects, today we would only talk about Baku-Tbilisi-Kars project,” said the President of Azerbaijan.