Baku, Azerbaijan, Nov. 30
By Leman Zeynalova - Trend:
Pakistan can use the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railroad to transport various goods, Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov said.
He made the remark at a joint press conference following the trilateral meeting with the Foreign Ministers of Turkey and Pakistan.
Mammadyarov said the corresponding agreement was reached during the tripartite meeting.
The Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway was built on the basis of the Azerbaijani-Georgian-Turkish interstate agreement. The maximum volume of cargo transportation along the BTC corridor is projected at the level of 17 million tons per year. At the initial stage, this indicator will be at the level of 6.5 million tons of cargo. Also up to one million passengers will be transported.
A solemn ceremony to mark the opening of the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway was held on Oct.30 in Alat, and the first freight train on this railway was sent from Kazakhstan's Kokshetau on Oct.24.