Astana To Hold Talks Over Joining Baku-Tbilisi-Kars Railway

ASTANA TO HOLD TALKS OVER JOINING BAKU-TBILISI-KARS RAILWAY

PanARMENIAN.Net
27.02.2007 17:14 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Kazakhstan will hold talks over joining the project
of Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway construction, Marat Tazhin, the Kazakh
Foreign Minister stated. Currently Kazakhstan is busy with examining
technical part of this project. In particular, this issue became one
of the key topics during negotiations between the Kazakh and Azeri FMs,
who currently is in Kazakhstan with a working visit.

E. Mamedyarov said that Azerbaijan intends to involve Kazakhstan in
the construction of the railway. The total budget of the project is
$420 million, Azeri Media reports.