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    INFORMATION ABOUT PARTICIPATION OF CHINA AND KAZAKHSTAN IN KARS-TBILISI-BAKU RAILWAY PROJECT NOT CONFIRMED OFFICIALLY

    Noyan Tapan
    Aug 30 2006

    YEREVAN, AUGUST 30, NOYAN TAPAN. Speaker for the RA President
    Victor Soghomonian failed to receive any "official confirmation"
    that China and Kazakhstan intend to participate in the construction
    of Kars-Tbilisi-Baku railway. He stated this at the August 30 press
    conference. In response to a question of NT correspndent about official
    Yerevan's attitude to the participation of China and Kazakhstan in
    the indicated construction project, V. Soghomonian said that "it
    is worth waiting a bit and then watching the developments to take
    place." He reminded that official Yerevan has repeatedly expressed
    its negative position and concerns about the project. "If there
    are developments in the future as well, we'll not keep silent," he
    pointed out. To recap, in his recent interview with the newspaper
    "Zaman", the Turkish minister of transport Binali Yeldrum told
    about China's and Kazakhstan's intention to participate in the
    Kars-Tbilisi-Baku railway project. In his words, the "previous
    contradiction" between Armenia and Turkey allegedly caused a delay
    in this project's implementation for years on end. In his opinion,
    the railway is going to change the current situation in the region
    and to improve general conditions there.

    "Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey are working jointly in order to
    overcome all those difficulties that have a negative impact on the
    regional economy," the Turkish minister said. According to him, the
    project will establish a direct link between Turkey and Azerbaijan
    via Georgia: "The Kars-Tbilisi-Baku railway will link Turkey with
    Azerbaijan. It is important that all cargos in the region reach
    Europe and Asia through Turkey." It is noteworthy that many donor
    states refused to participate in the Kars-Tbilisi-Baku construction
    project on the grounds that in this way Armenia would be isolated
    from the regional railway transportation network.
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