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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News
Tbilisi, July 31 (Xinhua) — Georgia and Turkey have confirmed their readiness for a full-scale launch of cargo transportation on the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway, the Georgian Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development reported on Thursday after a meeting in Tbilisi between Minister of Economy Mariam Kvrivishvili and Turkish Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Abdulkadir Uraloglu.
The parties discussed the development of regional transport infrastructure, including the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway line, the East-West highway, the Anaklia deep-water port and the new international airport in Tbilisi.
The importance of the Middle Corridor as a strategic direction for cargo transit was emphasized, as well as the need to attract additional volumes of transportation. Attention was also paid to cooperation in the areas of logistics, transport, tourism and civil aviation.
In 2024, the modernization of the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway section in Georgia was completed, as a result of which the line’s capacity increased from 1 million to 5 million tons of cargo per year. –0–
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