Ukraine offers new transport corridor from Black Sea to South KoreaMay 29, 2008 - 17:10 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Azerbaijan has a chance to join the new railway transport corridor to stretch from the Black Sea to South Korea, Boris Klimchuk, the Ukrainian Ambassador in Azerbaijan told a news conference in Baku. Lithuania, Ukraine and Belarus have signed a trilateral deal on cargo transportation in the Black Sea and Baltic direction on 12 May. The main goal of the deal is to increase the cargo turnover between the Black and Baltic Seas. The sides reached an agreement on the transport policy. "This agreement will allow to cut the term for cargo transit and to avoid discrimination that used to occur in transport via these territories. The sides have also agreed to extend the geography of transit route Lithuania-Belarus-Ukraine and to consider the possibility to attract Turkey, Azerbaijan and Georgia to this project," Klimchuk said. This route may join the Great Silk Road in the future and reach South Korea. "Azerbaijan is interested in this project," the Ambassador said, Trend Azeri news agency reports. Top stories Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. In 2023, the Azerbaijani government will increase the country’s defense budget by more than 1.1 billion manats ($650 million). The bill, published on Monday, is designed to "eliminate the shortcomings of an unreasonably broad interpretation of the key concept of "compatriot". The earthquake caused a temporary blackout, damaged many buildings and closed a number of rural roads. Partner news | Armenia to participate in key EU meeting for the first time ever National Assembly speaker Alen Simonyan has said that Armenia will for the first time participate in the Conference. U.S. reacts to Russia’s criticism of upcoming Armenia-EU-U.S. meeting Matthew Miller has weighed in on Russia’s criticism of an upcoming Armenia-EU-U.S. meeting. Lavrov sees ‘collapse’ of Russia’s ties with Armenia Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has underscored heightened tensions between Russia and Armenia. Russia warns Armenia against “falling into West’s trap” Zakharova maintained, however, that anything that will benefit the people of Armenia can only be welcomed. |