Armenian Foreign Minister Raises Issue Of Kars-Tbilisi Railway At Me

ARMENIAN FOREIGN MINISTER RAISES ISSUE OF KARS-TBILISI RAILWAY AT MEETING OF BSEC FOREIGN MINISTERS

Noyan Tapan
Nov 01 2006

MOSCOW, NOVEMBER 1, NOYAN TAPAN. The Armenian Foreign Minister Vartan
Oskanian raised the issue of Kars-Akhalkalak-Tbilisi railway during
the 15th meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Black
Sea Economic Cooperation Organization (BSEC). "The BSEC intends
to implement a serious program – to create a transport link in the
region. In this context, an issue was raised and brought to everybody’s
attention: there is a railway section that is not used for political
reasons and an attempt is made to replace it. Given the cooperation
spirit of the organization, we believe that the organization should
itself raise this issue before Turkey so that more serious approach
can be shown," V. Oskanian told Radio Liberty.

Emil Lazarian

“I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS