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Tbilisi Accord For New Railways
The presidents of Georgia,Turkey and Azerbaijan have joined together
to announce the building of new international railway that will link
Kars, in eastern Turkey with Baku on the Caspian Sea, capital of
Azerbaijan and Tbilisi the Georgian capital. The new railway will
effectively bypass immediate neighbor Armenia and Russia. The project
is priced at $600 million. Oil-rich Azerbaijan is keen to develop
secure links with Turkey and Europe. The President of Turkey promised
an Asia-Europe rail link saying, `We will link Baku and Tbilisi with
London. We will link China with London.'
Date: November 30th 2007
RailwayPeople.com
UK
The presidents of Georgia,Turkey and Azerbaijan have joined together
to announce the building of new international railway that will link
Kars, in eastern Turkey with Baku on the Caspian Sea, capital of
Azerbaijan and Tbilisi the Georgian capital. The new railway will
effectively bypass immediate neighbor Armenia and Russia. The project
is priced at $600 million. Oil-rich Azerbaijan is keen to develop
secure links with Turkey and Europe. The President of Turkey promised
an Asia-Europe rail link saying, `We will link Baku and Tbilisi with
London. We will link China with London.'
Date: November 30th 2007
RailwayPeople.com
UK