Differences Arouse between Georgia and Turkey over Kars-Baku Railway

PanARMENIAN.Net - Georgia claims its misunderstanding on designing railroad communication Baku-Tbilisi-Ahalkalaki-Kars, said Director General of Georgian Railroads Ltd. Irakli Ezugbaya. In his words, such claims are linked to Turkey and refer to the technical and economic assessment of the project. He said these claims will be discussed in late June in the course of transport ministers' meeting in Tbilisi.



This meeting will be featured with discussion of financing schedule. Azerbaijan is going to offer Georgia establish a joint venture to regulate tariffs, Georgia's share and other matters. Alongside, the parties will review the technical and economic assessment by Iukse Dominachi of Turkey. Namely this company was awarded the tender announced by Turkish Transport Ministry.



Official Tbilisi, in particular, disagrees with transportation forecasts by Iukse Dominachi on the project. «If the Turkish party does nto have an opportunity to work over the technical and economic assessment of the project, Georgia can do it,» I. Ezugbaya said, reprots Trend.