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ANS TV, Azerbaijan
Aug 17 2008
Georgian rail bridge blast affects Azeri oil shipment
Azerbaijan has had to suspend cargo transport via Georgia following an
explosion on a bridge near the town of Kaspi.
A total of 72 railway carriages bound for Armenia have also been
stranded in Georgia.
The director of the Boyuk Kasik railway station [on the
Azerbaijani-Georgian border], Faxraddin Rzayev, has told ANS that
there are no problems in passenger transport between Georgia and
Azerbaijan and that passenger trains are running on schedule. The
problem has occurred only in the transport of oil, oil products and
other cargo. A total of 136 railway carriages have been delayed at the
station since yesterday.
Baku-Tbilisi-Baku flights that were cancelled a week ago due to the
Georgia-Russia hostilities resumed today. The AZAL [Azerbaijani
airline] company has told ANS that there are all conditions for
resuming the flights since the situation in Georgia has partly
stabilized. Baku-Tbilisi-Baku flights had been cancelled since 10
August.
Aug 17 2008
Georgian rail bridge blast affects Azeri oil shipment
Azerbaijan has had to suspend cargo transport via Georgia following an
explosion on a bridge near the town of Kaspi.
A total of 72 railway carriages bound for Armenia have also been
stranded in Georgia.
The director of the Boyuk Kasik railway station [on the
Azerbaijani-Georgian border], Faxraddin Rzayev, has told ANS that
there are no problems in passenger transport between Georgia and
Azerbaijan and that passenger trains are running on schedule. The
problem has occurred only in the transport of oil, oil products and
other cargo. A total of 136 railway carriages have been delayed at the
station since yesterday.
Baku-Tbilisi-Baku flights that were cancelled a week ago due to the
Georgia-Russia hostilities resumed today. The AZAL [Azerbaijani
airline] company has told ANS that there are all conditions for
resuming the flights since the situation in Georgia has partly
stabilized. Baku-Tbilisi-Baku flights had been cancelled since 10
August.