BAKU, Azerbaijan, May 18. A protocol from the
41st meeting of the Coordination Council on the Baku–Tbilisi–Kars
railway is signed between Azerbaijan and Georgia, Azerbaijan’s
Minister of Digital Development and Transport Rashad Nabiyev,
announced the development in a post on his X account, Trend reports.
Nabiyev says the signing takes place on the sidelines of the
13th Session of the World Urban Forum, where Azerbaijani President
Ilham Aliyev meets with a Georgian delegation led by Prime Minister
Irakli Kobakhidze.
During the meeting, officials sign the protocol covering the
rehabilitation, reconstruction, and construction of the
Marabda–Turkey border (Kartsakhi) section of the Baku–Tbilisi–Kars
railway project.
Official says the document is intended to strengthen regional
transport connectivity, expand transit capacity, and further
develop cooperation along the Middle Corridor. It also confirms the
completion and formal acceptance of modernization work carried out
on the rail line.
