Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze says the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway has strengthened Georgia’s transit role as the country upgrades its rail network and restores passenger links with Azerbaijan.
According to the news agency APA’s local bureau, Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze said at a government meeting that “the full commissioning of the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway line a few months ago was an event of great importance for Georgia’s international transit role.”
Speaking at a government meeting, Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze said the full commissioning of the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway earlier this year had strengthened Georgia’s role as a regional transit hub.
The head of government added that Georgia is continuing to modernise its railway network. He said 200 railcars have already been purchased, with a further 200 expected to be delivered and around 50 new locomotives planned for the fleet in the coming months.
Azerbaijan and Georgia also agreed in May to resume daily passenger services on the Baku-Tbilisi-Baku route from 26 May, restoring a connection that had been suspended since the COVID-19 pandemic.
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An Azerbaijani citizen died and another is missing after a cargo ship was attacked by a drone in the Black Sea, near the coast of Romania on Monday, 5 October, Baku's Foreign Ministry has said.
A large Ukrainian drone attack on Moscow and the surrounding region has killed two people, damaged homes and sparked a major fire at a key fuel facility, according to Russian officials and military bloggers.
Russia struck Ukraine overnight in one of the biggest attacks of the conflict, killing at least 19 people, Kyiv's Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday. Around 70 missiles were fired at Ukraine during the attack, as well as drones, the Ministry said.
The German-Azerbaijani Connectivity Conference 2026 commenced on 6 October in Baku under the title “Mobilising Finance for Infrastructure, Transport, Logistics, Green Energy, and Digitalisation along the Middle Corridor.”
Azerbaijan has prepared a new draft law on the agricultural sector aimed at strengthening state support, ensuring food security, promoting sustainable development and improving the sector’s adaptation to climate change.
A conference focusing on the issue of missing persons has been held in Baku on Wednesday. The 4th International Conference in the Baku Dialogue format was titled “Strengthening Trust and Developing Effective Mechanisms in Addressing the Issue of Missing Persons”.
Azerbaijan is among a relatively small group of countries represented on both of the Universal Postal Union’s main governing councils, UPU Director General Masahiko Metoki has said.
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is in Pakistan for a three-day official visit, using his engagements in Islamabad to call for an end to the United States Iran conflict and underline Pakistan’s role in international diplomacy.
U.S. Vice-President JD Vance has said Iran must make a “meaningful” reduction to its nuclear enrichment capacity if the seven-month war between the two countries is to end.
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