GEORGIAN AMBASSADOR SAYS HIS COUNTRY INTERESTED IN RESUMPTION OF KARS-GYUMRI RAILROAD
ARMENPRESS
Mar 20 2006
YEREVAN, MARCH 20, ARMENPRESS: Georgia’s ambassador to Armenia said
his country would spare nothing to have a railroad from Turkish Kars
to Armenian Gyumri resumed if it could force Turkey and Azerbaijan to
drop their plans to build a new road from Kars to Georgian Akhalkalaki,
a move protested by Armenia which says it would exacerbate Armenia’s
transport blockade imposed by Turkey and Azerbaijan.
Admitting his government’s failure to have any impact on Turkey
and Azerbaijan, the ambassador, Revaz Gachechiladze, said the old
railroad has become ‘a hostage’ of the Karabakh conflict and unsettled
Turkish-Armenian relations. Speaking to a news conference in Yerevan
the ambassador said his government would only welcome the reopening
of the Kars-Gyumri railroad.
He said Armenia too could become a transit country between Europe
and Asia like Georgia is and may benefit from it immensely.