The railway Baku-Tbilisi-Kars will be launched in 2014, said the Minister of Transport, Ziya Mammadov, speaking in Istanbul at the Third Caspian Forum for International Transport Projects.
The Minister called the construction of the road a logical continuation of the strategic partnership between Azerbaijan, Turkey and Georgia.
"The first trial train will run on the route until the end of 2014, which would unite the railways in Europe and Asia," said Mammadov. -03D-
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Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev has signed a decree to strengthen social protection for pensioners by implementing pension indexation, effective from January 1, 2025.
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The Italian government has extended the deadline for applications in the international tender for the sale of several strategic assets until February 14, confirming that a bidder from Azerbaijan remains among the frontrunners.
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An investigation led by Ghalib Toghrul, Chairman of the Board of the Center for Economic Research, has highlighted budgetary expenditures in the Azerbaijani districts of Aghdam, Fuzuli, and Khojavend, focusing on civil service projects linked to the reconstruction of territories liberated from Armenian occupation.
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On February 4, Azerbaijani Economy Minister Mikayil Jabbarov met with a delegation of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) led by Anna Bordeaux, head of the IMF mission in Azerbaijan, to discuss economic cooperation, financial sector issues and structural reforms, the ministry said.
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