Turk transport min: Baku-Tbilisi-Kars not meant to exclude Armenia

AZG Armenian Daily #167, 13/09/2008

Armenia-Turkey

TURKISH TRANSPORT MINISTER: BAKU-TBILISI-KARS NOT MEANT TO EXCLUDE
ARMENIA

A railway project linking Turkey, Azerbaijan and Georgia is not meant
to exclude neighboring Armenia, with which Turkey has no formal ties,
Turkish Minister of Transport Binali Yildirim said September 11,
according to PanArmenian.net. The Baku-Tbilisi-Kars bypasses Russia
and Armenia. The railway, which is scheduled to be completed in 2011,
will not only link the three countries but will also revive the
historic Silk Road trade route that once connected Asia with
Europe. "The Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway is by no means a project
excluding Armenia," Yildirim told reporters. "This is an international
project aimed at boosting international trade and tourism, and it is
quite possible that other countries may also join. Russia, Greece and
Iran could join. It is not confined to Turkey and Azerbaijan alone,"
he added, Zaman reported.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

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