Turkish delegation vote on Gyumri-Kars railroad
November 26, 2005
Hurriyet
Turkey is said to have voted for a resolution this week at the Black Sea Economic Council calling for reopening of the Gyumri-Kars railroad, currently closed due to the Turkish blockade. The resolution was passed by the council reported the Regnum agency. The railroad has been closed since the conflict in Nagorno Karabakh. Currently, Turkey, Georgia and Azerbaijan plan to build a new railroad line that will exclude the Armenian town of Gyumri – Kars-Akhalkalaki-Tbilisi-Baku.
The Regnum agency reported: "On November 24, a session of the Parliamentary Assembly of Black Sea Economic Cooperation (PABSEC) in Tirana (Albania) supported a proposition of the Armenian delegation to start of railroad line Kars (Turkey) – Gyumri (Armenia) – Tbilisi (Georgia) – Baku (Azerbaijan). Armenia is motivated by the fact, that the railroad, which is currently idle because of Turkey’s position, could connect four countries of the region – Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia and Turkey."
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Hurriyet
Turkey is said to have voted for a resolution this week at the Black Sea Economic Council calling for reopening of the Gyumri-Kars railroad, currently closed due to the Turkish blockade. The resolution was passed by the council reported the Regnum agency. The railroad has been closed since the conflict in Nagorno Karabakh. Currently, Turkey, Georgia and Azerbaijan plan to build a new railroad line that will exclude the Armenian town of Gyumri – Kars-Akhalkalaki-Tbilisi-Baku.
The Regnum agency reported: "On November 24, a session of the Parliamentary Assembly of Black Sea Economic Cooperation (PABSEC) in Tirana (Albania) supported a proposition of the Armenian delegation to start of railroad line Kars (Turkey) – Gyumri (Armenia) – Tbilisi (Georgia) – Baku (Azerbaijan). Armenia is motivated by the fact, that the railroad, which is currently idle because of Turkey’s position, could connect four countries of the region – Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia and Turkey."
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Note: Above are excerpts from the article. The full article appears here. Clarifications and comments by me are contained in {}. Deletions are marked by [...]. The bold emphasis is mine.
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