Azerbaijan, Baku, Dec.18 / Trend /Azerbaijan plans to allocate $130mln to Georgia to construct the Marbda-Kartsakhi (to Akhalkalaki) railway section within the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway project, the Azerbaijani Transport Ministry said.
The funds are allocated out of the total credit in the amount of $200mln, which were issued to Georgia under privileged terms for Baku-Tbilisi-Kars project.
This decision was made in the result of discussions of the fifth meeting of the Coordination Council for implementation of the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway project. The meeting was held in the capital of Georgia.
The Baku- Tbilisi- Kars project includes the construction of 105km-railway lines, with 76 km section running via Turkey and 29 km section via Georgia. Moreover, 183 km section of Akhalkalaki-Marabda-Tbilisi railway will be also reconstructed to improve the carrying capacity to 15mln tons of cargo per year. It is planned to build in Akhalkalaki a place for the transition of trains from the track existing in Georgia to the European one. The project is estimated at $422mln and taking into consideration the accompanying infrastructure its cost will comprise $600mln.
