Armenian occupiers damage Azerbaijani infrastructure – Baku

Interfax News Agency
Russia & CIS General Newswire
August 4, 2006 Friday

The damage to Azerbaijan’s transport infra-structure in the areas
occupied by Armenia is estimated in the hundreds of millions of
dollars, Azerbaijan’s First Deputy Transport Minister Musa Panakhov
told journalists on Friday.

"According to our estimates, over 200 kilometers of rail lines
and 4,000 kilometers of highways are under Armenian occupation. In
addition, the occupied territory of Azerbaijan has an infra-structure
serving these roads. According to our data, for the most part this
infrastructure and road system has been destroyed," said Panakhov.

"We do not know exactly the current situation in the occupied
territories, so it is difficult for us to name a precise figure. But
the volume of the damage is counted in the hundreds of millions of
dollars," he said.