Construction of railway line in Azerbaijan’s interests

Azer News, Azerbaijan
May 27 2004

Transport Minister Ziya Mammadov told journalists on Wednesday
with regard to Georgian President Saakashvili’s proposal to build
the Turkey-Georgia Gars-Akhalkalaki railway line that the project
represents importance for Azerbaijan’s economy.

He said that opening of this railway corridor meets the interests of
Baku. The implementation of the project will allow the establishment
of another railway line connecting Azerbaijan and Turkey.

It is for this reason that Yerevan considers this an attempt to put
Armenia in a blockade. Mammadov dismissed Armenia’s position on the
issue as groundless.