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News.az (29 May 2024)

Sabina Alizade

The Turkish government's initiative to construct a railway corridor connecting the city of Kars with the border region of Igdır and Azerbaijan's Nakhchivan is in its final preparatory stage.

In an interview with TGRT Haber, Turkish Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Abdulkadir Uraloglu confirmed plans to start the construction of this railway line by the end of this year, stating that the project will be completed within five years.

A tender for the construction of the 224-kilometre railway was announced earlier this year, and negotiations regarding the financing of this large-scale project are currently underway. The Turkish transport minister emphasized that the construction of this line will be crucial for the operation of the Zangezur corridor . Work is planned to start from Kars to the Dilucu border crossing, where the corridor intersects with the Azerbaijan border. The expected completion time for this section is approximately five years.

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