Turkish delegation vote on Gyumri-Kars railroad
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Turkey is said to have voted for a resolution this week at the Black Sea Economic Council calling for reopening of the Gyumri-Kars railroad, currently closed due to the Turkish blockade. The resolution was passed by the council reported the Regnum agency. The railroad has been closed since the conflict in Nagorno Karabakh. Currently, Turkey, Georgia and Azerbaijan plan to build a new railroad line that will exclude the Armenian town of Gyumri – Kars-Akhalkalaki-Tbilisi-Baku.
The Regnum agency reported: "On November 24, a session of the Parliamentary Assembly of Black Sea Economic Cooperation (PABSEC) in Tirana (Albania) supported a proposition of the Armenian delegation to start of railroad line Kars (Turkey) – Gyumri (Armenia) – Tbilisi (Georgia) – Baku (Azerbaijan). Armenia is motivated by the fact, that the railroad, which is currently idle because of Turkey’s position, could connect four countries of the region – Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia and Turkey."
"Head of the Armenian delegation in PABSEC and Chairman of the Armenian Standing Parliamentary Committee on Financial, Credit, Budgetary and Economic Affairs Gagik Minasyan assured that the Turkish delegation also voted for Armenian proposition. It is noteworthy, that Turkey blocked the movement through this railway line because of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict and overall hostile relations with Armenia."