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REACHING PEACE ON RAILS FOR NAGORNO KARABAKH
www.WorldBulletin.net, Turkey
May 2 2013
Turkish "Modern Silkroad Project" connecting London with Beijing to
present sustainable settlement for Nagorno Karabakh conflict, said
Turkish Foreign Ministry official
World Bulletin/News Desk
Turkey hopes an intercontinental railway project will help bring a
sustainable settlement to Nagorno Karabakh a Turkish diplomat said
Thursday.
Ambassador Fatih Ceylan, Deputy Undersecretary of Turkish Ministry
of Foreign Affairs, made a presentation under the name "Regional
Integrated Transport Corridors Project" in Ankara which "laid a solid
ground for partnership, prosperity and peace (3P) in South Caucausus,
covering Turkey, Armenia and Azerbaijan."
Ceylan mainly focused on 3P, explaining the "modern silkroad-middle
corridor" project, which would connect Beijing to London and also
Beijing to the Scandinavian countries through the silkroad.
"We started from the South Caucasus trying to contribute towards
the solution of this projected conflict, mainly Nagorno Karabakh and
we ended up in China-Seoul and London- I-m giving you this piece of
information assuming that one day we will achieve full normalisation
in Turkey-Armenia and Armenia-Azerbaijan tracks. So this is a kind of
post peace project that we are proposing but we have to start now to
think about what we could all do through such solid projects. Once we
achive peace, sustainable peace will be in the region", Ceylan stated.
Saying that South Caucasus region is the most strategically important
hub for Eurasia, Ceylan explained the project, which reaches the North
Corridor and the South Corridor passing through Iran. Ceylan stated
that this project presents many opportunities for a more efficient
and cooperative regional transportation, by bringing an alternative
route to the Northern Corridor .
Ceylan stressed also that the Marmaray project, which is expected to
be operational by the end of 2013, will provide uninterrupted railway
connection from Beijing to London. He added that this would be an
opportunity to integrate to the Istanbul-Islamabad railway. Besides,
the connection for Afghanistan to Central Asia and beyond through
Hayratan-Mazar-i Sharif railway link, would also be active, Ceylan
stated.
One of the protracted conflicts of the South Caucausus is Nagorno
Karabakh, which is a region in South Caucasus, lying between Lower
Karabakh and Zangezur. It is situated at the intersection of Eurasia-s
major energy and transport corridors and constitutes important threats
to both this region's and Eurasia's security and stability. Turkey
believes that peaceful resolution of all the conflicts of the Caucasus
will contribute to the political stability and economic prosperity
of these countries, opening up new possibilities for bilateral and
regional cooperation.
http://www.worldbulletin.net/?aType=haber&ArticleID=107961
www.WorldBulletin.net, Turkey
May 2 2013
Turkish "Modern Silkroad Project" connecting London with Beijing to
present sustainable settlement for Nagorno Karabakh conflict, said
Turkish Foreign Ministry official
World Bulletin/News Desk
Turkey hopes an intercontinental railway project will help bring a
sustainable settlement to Nagorno Karabakh a Turkish diplomat said
Thursday.
Ambassador Fatih Ceylan, Deputy Undersecretary of Turkish Ministry
of Foreign Affairs, made a presentation under the name "Regional
Integrated Transport Corridors Project" in Ankara which "laid a solid
ground for partnership, prosperity and peace (3P) in South Caucausus,
covering Turkey, Armenia and Azerbaijan."
Ceylan mainly focused on 3P, explaining the "modern silkroad-middle
corridor" project, which would connect Beijing to London and also
Beijing to the Scandinavian countries through the silkroad.
"We started from the South Caucasus trying to contribute towards
the solution of this projected conflict, mainly Nagorno Karabakh and
we ended up in China-Seoul and London- I-m giving you this piece of
information assuming that one day we will achieve full normalisation
in Turkey-Armenia and Armenia-Azerbaijan tracks. So this is a kind of
post peace project that we are proposing but we have to start now to
think about what we could all do through such solid projects. Once we
achive peace, sustainable peace will be in the region", Ceylan stated.
Saying that South Caucasus region is the most strategically important
hub for Eurasia, Ceylan explained the project, which reaches the North
Corridor and the South Corridor passing through Iran. Ceylan stated
that this project presents many opportunities for a more efficient
and cooperative regional transportation, by bringing an alternative
route to the Northern Corridor .
Ceylan stressed also that the Marmaray project, which is expected to
be operational by the end of 2013, will provide uninterrupted railway
connection from Beijing to London. He added that this would be an
opportunity to integrate to the Istanbul-Islamabad railway. Besides,
the connection for Afghanistan to Central Asia and beyond through
Hayratan-Mazar-i Sharif railway link, would also be active, Ceylan
stated.
One of the protracted conflicts of the South Caucausus is Nagorno
Karabakh, which is a region in South Caucasus, lying between Lower
Karabakh and Zangezur. It is situated at the intersection of Eurasia-s
major energy and transport corridors and constitutes important threats
to both this region's and Eurasia's security and stability. Turkey
believes that peaceful resolution of all the conflicts of the Caucasus
will contribute to the political stability and economic prosperity
of these countries, opening up new possibilities for bilateral and
regional cooperation.
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