Saakashvili notes Baku-Kars railway's importance

"The Baku-Akhalkalaki-Kars railway means thousands of jobs for the Javakheti region [eastern Georgia] and creation of absolutely new transport infrastructure in the region," he added.

The Armenian side is against construction of this railway route which will link Azerbaijan with Turkish city of Kars via Georgia, as a railway between Kars and Gyumri, Armenia, already exists. But currently the Kars-Gyumri railway is not operational because of the trade blockade imposed on Armenia by Turkey and Azerbaijan.

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