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Minister Ziya Mammadov: Azerbaijan railway sector will see significant improvements

Minister Ziya Mammadov: Azerbaijan railway sector will see significant improvements
# 13 October 2009 14:29 (UTC +04:00)
Baku. Rashad Suleymanov - APA-ECONOMICS. Over the past few years substantial work has been done towards the development of railway transport in the country and despite the pressure, the construction of the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway linking Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey has been started, Arif Asgerov, chairman of Azerbaijan Railways, said on a ceremony on the Day of Railways.

According to him, activities for the reconstruction of railways and the introduction of modern technology have also progressed.

In his words, the world economic crisis has affected the volume of rail freight and caused the operation of special schedule.

He noted that 15.5 million tons of cargo and more than 4 million passengers were transported by rail duirng January-September this year.

Transport Minister Ziya Mammadov said that the government is working on plans for the development of the railway to make significant improvements in the railway system.
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