Turkish Ministry of Transport: "Zangezur Corridor is a route for the Turkic world"

The work on the Zangezur Corridor will be fully completed in 4-5 years. This was stated by the Minister of Transport and Infrastructure of Turkey Abdulkadir Uraloglu on CNN Turk.

According to the Turkish minister, thanks to the signing of documents on external lending, there are no financial problems.

"The campaign is not awaiting funding, it is a $2.4 billion project. It will be built by a consortium of two powerful companies in Turkey. This is a 43-kilometer-long line. In four, maximum five years, we will fully put this corridor into operation," the minister said.

He specified that a line with a length of 224 kilometers runs within the borders of Turkey.

"There will be a 170-kilometer line on the border with Nakhichevan, 150 kilometers have already been completed and will be restored, another 20 kilometers will be built. Azerbaijan will deal with this. The works will be completed simultaneously with us. The man who boarded the train in Kars, will be able to get to Baku. Our goal is to complete the work synchronously. The Zangezur line is 43 kilometers long (a stretch of road through the Syunik region of Armenia. — EADaily) will start last. The corridor will be fully operational in five years. Since there is a Baku—Tbilisi—Kars line, the new corridor will provide the Turkic world with a shorter and more uninterrupted route. The Baku—Tbilisi—Kars line has certain possibilities, and when it reaches the limit of its capacity, there will be a need for new corridors," Uraloglu said.

The minister added that detailed discussions are underway on the Zangezur Corridor, but the details have not yet been clarified.