Baku / 22.12.17 / Turan: Georgian Finance Minister Mamuka Bakhtadze arrived in Baku on Friday. He will hold talks on expanding bilateral cooperation and implementing transit projects, the Georgian media reported.
In the morning, Bakhtadze was received by President Ilham Aliyev, and then he will hold talks with Azerbaijani Minister of Finance Samir Sharifov.
Which projects they will talk about is not clear. However, judging by everything, it is primarily the transportation of goods and cargo by the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway. -02D-
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