Saakashvili: New railway is symbol of friendly ties with Azerbaijan, Turkey
Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili hailed working format of communication between the economy ministers of Turkey, Azerbaijan and Georgia during his meeting with Azerbaijani Economic Development Minister Shahin Mustafayev and Turkish Economy Minister Zefer Caglayan, the Georgian President's administration told Trend news agency on Thursday.
Georgian Economy Minister Vera Kobalia accompanied them.
The Georgian President noted importance of economic projects implemented by the three countries and which promise improvement of state of the three countries' nations. He especially noted factor of confidence between the ministers, which is a good prerequisite for qualitative cooperation.
Saakashvili called new Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railways a 'symbol' of relations. It will be commissioned in 2013 and will 'open doors for Georgia and Azerbaijan to Europe'.
"In fact Turkey is becoming for our countries door to Europe," he said.
Shahin Mustafayev noted new railway will provide new development potential for three countries. "This is example of our cooperation which reaches new heights," he said.
Georgian-Azerbaijani-Turkish business forum was held in Tbilisi on Thursday.
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