Foreign Ministers of Azerbaijan and Georgia discussed the implementation of the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars" railway. Our relations with Georgia is more than a strategic partnership", said the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan Elmar Mammadyarov at a press conference on Monday after talks with Foreign Minister of Georgia Mikheil Janelidze. Bilateral issues were discussed, as well as the project "Southern Gas Corridor", Mammadyarov said. The status of implementation of transport projects Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway, the launch of which will take place this year, was also discussed.
Referring to the situation on delimitation of the Azerbaijani-Georgian border, Mammadyarov said that of the 480 km, 314 km have already been agreed. "We need to speed up the solution of this issue," he said, recalling the imminent arrival in Baku of the working group from Georgia. Part of the border passes through the medieval monastery "David Gareji". The Georgian side asked give it this part in exchange for the equal territory on another site. Baku refuses the exchange. -02D-
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