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Georgia, Azerbaijan set up joint venture to manage railway section
Georgia and Azerbaijan have established a joint venture, BTKI Railways, to manage the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway's section from Marabda in Georgia to Kartsakhi near the border of Turkey, Agenda.ge reported on Wednesday, citing the Azerbaijan Railways.
The BTKI Railways was established by the subsidiary companies of Azerbaijan Railways and Marabda-Kartsakhi Railways based on the international agreement signed between the two countries, the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars Railways said.
The length of the Georgian section of the new Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway line - connecting Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Turkey - is 180 km, which includes a 27-km long railway track of European standards, the company noted and added that the freight carrying capacity was five million tonnes annually.
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