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Construction of Baku - Tbilisi - Kars railway step to revival of Silk Road

Construction of the railway Baku - Tbilisi - Kars is a step towards revival of the Silk Road. The President of the Turkish Republic, Abdulla Gul, informed today in the Parliament of Kazakhstan, the agency reports.

Astana. May 26. Kazakhstan Today - Construction of the railway Baku - Tbilisi - Kars is a step towards revival of the Silk Road. The President of the Turkish Republic, Abdulla Gul, informed today in the Parliament of Kazakhstan, the agency reports.

"An important step towards our goal - to revive the historical Silk Road will be completed after realization, with the help of Kazakhstan, of the project Baku - Tbilisi - Kars railway, which will connect China and the Far East with the markets of Europe," A. Gul said.

He said, "This is an important role for Turkey and Kazakhstan, a historical responsibility in development of the new transport, communication, energy corridors or, in other words, creation of the new Silk Road connecting Europe and Asia, the West and the East."

The President of Turkey said, "An important transitive moment of our cooperation in the energy sphere has been formed with delivery of the Kazakhstan oil in November, 2008 through the oil pipeline Baku - Tbilisi - Ceyhan."

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