Kazakhstan to sign deal on cargo transportation via Baku-Kars railway
An agreement on transportation of Kazakh goods through the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway between Azerbaijan, Georgia, Turkey and Kazakhstan is planned to be signed by late 2012, the Kazakh Ambassador to Azerbaijan Serik Primbetov told journalists on Wednesday.
The Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway will increase the flow of containers and other types of cargo from Asia to Europe. Its throughput capacity will peak at 17 million tons of cargo per year. Initially, the capacity will be 6.5 million tons of consignments and 1 million passengers.
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