Ismail Demirtas, head of the Akyaka district in Türkiye's Kars province, together with Fuad Arslan, Chairman of the Kars Provincial General Assembly, visited the railway section located on the Armenia-Türkiye border and inspected the ongoing work, HaberTürk reports.
Ismail Demirtas received information from a representative of the company carrying out the construction work about the current status of the project, the work completed, and the implementation process. He also observed the ongoing work at the site and held discussions with responsible officials.
The commissioning of the railway line and the Akyaka border crossing is expected to make a significant contribution to the development of trade, the economy, and transport links in the Akyaka district.
Note that on November 10, Türkiye's Minister of Transport and Infrastructure, Abdulkadir Uraloğlu, announced that preparations for opening both railway and road border crossings with Armenia had been completed. He stated that the process could be implemented within a short period if an agreement taking into account issues of importance to Azerbaijan was reached.
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