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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
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