Afghanistan to join BTK railway corridor

Afghanistan can join the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars (BTK) railway project through the Lapis Lazuli Corridor, which connects the country with Turkmenistan, the Afghan Ambassador to Azerbaijan Mohammad Taqi Khalili told Trend.
“This route is shorter and cheaper for Afghanistan, for exports and imports, and Azerbaijan plays an important role in the project’s” said the ambassador.
Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway is being constructed on the basis of the Georgian-Azerbaijani-Turkish intergovernmental agreement.