Baku. Vusal Nabiyev – APA-Economics. Eighty seven percent of the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars (BTK) railway has been constructed in Turkey, Ahmet Arslan, Turkish minister of transport, shipping and communications, said, IHA agency reported on July 27.
“The BTK is being constructed on schedule,” the minister said, adding that two bridges are being built over the Kars river.
The minister stressed that the BTK railway project is of particular importance for Turkey.
“Our main goal to launch the first diesel locomotive on the railway by the end of this year,” he added.