President Ilham Aliyev: Azerbaijan is only country that participates in East-West and North-South transport corridors

12:31 - 23.01.2019


January 23, Fineko/abc.az. Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and First Lady Mehriban Aliyeva took part in the session on the theme "One Belt, One Road Initiative: China`s Trillion Dollar Vision" held within the framework of the World Economic Forum in Davos.

During the session President Aliyev stated that Azerbaijan is an active member of the East-West Transport Corridor Initiative.

"We support Chinese government’s One Belt, One Road Initiative. Azerbaijan creates an opportunity for the countries located to the north and south of it to join this project. Azerbaijan is the only country that participates in the East-West and North-South transport corridors. Modernization of our railway systems, construction of the largest sea port on the Caspian coast with capacity of about 25 million tons, laying of the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway connecting us with Turkey and Europe by creating a missing link between Europe and Asia open good opportunities for those who want to use our ways. We spend money to create good tariff policy. Cargo transportation is also growing. The volume of goods carried via the North-South Corridor in 2018 alone is 10-fold more against 2017," Azerbaijani leader emphasized.

 

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