Georgia To Host Ceremony For Upgraded Baku-Tbilisi-Kars Railway (PHOTO)

(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, June 1. An event will be held at the Akhalkalaki railway and logistics complex in Georgia to mark the commissioning of the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars (BTK) railway line following its modernization, one of the region's key freight transport routes, on June 2, Trend reports via the Azerbaijan Railways CJSC.

The event will be attended by officials from Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Türkiye, as well as heads of railway and port administrations.

On May 18 in Baku, with the participation of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev and Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze, the Minister of Digital Development and Transport of Azerbaijan Rashad Nabiyev and the Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development of Georgia Mariam Kvrivishvili signed the Protocol of the 41st meeting of the Coordination Council for the rehabilitation, reconstruction, and construction of the railway section from Marabda to the border of Türkiye (Kartsakhi) within the framework of the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars new railway line project. The document confirmed the completion and final acceptance of modernization works on the BTK project.

In 2024, Azerbaijan Railways CJSC carried out modernization works on the 184-kilometer section of the line passing through Georgia to enhance the capacity of the BTK, which is one of the key segments of the Middle Corridor.

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