TURKEY WILL ALLOCATE 570 THOUSAND USD FOR CONSTRUCTION OF CAUCASIAN
RAILWAY BYPASSING ARMENIA

ANKARA, JANUARY 30, NOYAN TAPAN – ARMENIANS TODAY. The Turkish State
Planning Organization has announced that 40 mln new Turkish liras
(nearly 570 thousand USD) will be allocated for construction of
Kars-Akhalkalak-Tbilisi-Baku railway connecting Turkey to Azerbaijan
through Georgia and bypassing Armenia. According to Anatolia Turkish
information agency, the organization officials stated that the program
may be implemented in late 2007.