| The Parliamentary Assembly of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (PABSEC) held its regular session in Kishinev on September 21-22. Delegations of Armenia, Georgia, Russia, Romania, Ukraine, Greece, Moldova and Turkey discussed Georgia’s report titled “Development of road infrastructures in the Black Sea region”. “As a railroad corridor for TRASECA project, another important project, construction of Kars-Akhalkalak-Tbilisi-Baku was launched. The project envisages construction of 98 km long railway from Kars to Akhalkalak which will allow transport goods from Asia to Europe bypassing Bosphorus and Hellespont”, reads the report.
Gagik Minasian, head of the Armenian delegation, said that they insisted that the following wording about Armenia be included in the political program of the PABSEC: “As an additional corridor for TRASECA the rehabilitation of Kars-Gyumri-Tbilisi-Baku can be viewed that will allow to transports millions of tones of goods from Europe to Asia and the other way round. Kars-Gyumri-Tbilisi-Baku railway passes though 4 countries of the region. Its reopening will allow to spur economic integration and stable development in the 4 countries”. Minasian also underscored that this project does not need capital investments.
Gagik Minasian sees development of Armenia-Turkey and Armenia-Azerbaijan cooperation separately of each other. “The Turkish diplomacy is willing to see Armenian-Turkish relations that are not unconditioned by relations with Azerbaijan, and we have to embrace this chance of implementing our policy with Turkey in a way that it is not dictated by our relations with Azerbaijan. We have big chances in this regard”, Minasian said.
By Nana Petrosian |
Akgün Medya