Azerbaijani president, first lady attending opening ceremony of BTK railway

Baku, Azerbaijan, Oct. 30 Trend: A solemn opening ceremony of the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars (BTK) railway is being held at the Baku International Sea Port Oct. 30. President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, First Lady Mehriban Aliyeva, President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his spouse Emine Erdogan, Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Bakytzhan Sagintayev, Prime Minister of Georgia Giorgi Kvirikashvili, Prime Minister of Uzbekistan Abdulla Aripov, as well as delegations of Tajikistan and Turkmenistan are participating in the event. President Aliyev delivered speech at the ceremony. The Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway, which is a new upgrade project for the Eurasian area, is the restoration of the ancient Silk Road on steel highways. The agreement on the construction of the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway was signed in Tbilisi in 2007. In November of the same year, the railway line was laid in Georgia’s Marabda station. A groundbreaking ceremony of the Kars-Georgia border section was held in Kars in July 2008. The 504-kilometer part of the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway, which has a length of 846 kilometers, passes through Azerbaijan. Meanwhile, 263 kilometers of the railway runs through Georgia, and 79 kilometers – through Turkey. Follow Trend on Telegram. Only most interesting and important news