TRILATERAL RAIL PROJECT TO MOVE FORWARD
EmÝne Kart

Turkish Daily News
Oct 1 2006

Shrugging off a recent decision by the U.S. Senate’s Banking Committee
with which the committee blocked any funding by the U.S. Export-Import
Bank for a proposed rail link that would connect Turkey with Azerbaijan
through Georgia, bypassing Armenian territory, Ankara has expressed
determination to carry out the project.

A Turkish diplomat hinted that Turkey hadn’t even bothered to prevent
approval of the bill by the Senate committee since Ankara by no
means depends on financial resources beyond those provided by the
partner countries.

"The three countries, Turkey, Georgia and Azerbaijan, are firm on
carrying out this project with their own financial resources," the
same diplomat said.

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