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13 October 2005 - 09:10 AMT

EU Considers Building Kars-Akhalkalaki Railway Inefficient

«The EU does not support the project of building Kars-Akhalkalaki railway, considering it inefficient,» stated a representative of the European Commission Directorate General for Transport and Energy. The EU considers Kars-Gyumri-Tbilisi railway, which makes part of the TRACECA project, to be a more efficient one, he said. «Azerbaijan and Turkey are participants of the TRACECA and we have informed these countries on our stand,» the EC representative stated. He also reported that the EC has received an official letter from Armenia, displaying Armenian party’s readiness to let transit cargo pass via Kars-Gyumri-Tbilisi railway through its territory. “This proposal of the Armenian party gives hope,” the EC representative stated, reported Mediamax.