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  • BAKU: $750m rail link to break Nakhchivan's isolation

    news.az, Azerbaijan
    May 5 2011


    $750m rail link to break Nakhchivan's isolation
    Thu 05 May 2011 13:26 GMT | 16:26 Local Time

    The cost of a 7-km railway extension, linking the town of Sadarak in
    Nakhchivan with the new Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway, is estimated to be
    $750m.

    The Kars-Igdir-Nakhchivan railway will open up rail communications for
    the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic, an exclave separated from the rest
    of Azerbaijan by modern-day Armenia, with Baku and Turkey.

    A former railway connecting Nakchivan to the rest of Azerbaijan passed
    through Armenian territory and had to be closed at the height of the
    war between Armenia and Azerbaijan over Nagorno-Karabakh.

    The new rail link will be an extension of the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars
    railway, which is currently under construction.

    Both railways will further boost Turkey's relations with Azerbaijan,
    Turkish media report.

    Turkey and Azerbaijan are expected to invest in the
    Kars-Igdir-Nakhchivan project, while Iran may join the project later.

    1news.az




    From: A. Papazian
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