TBILISI. – The Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development of Georgia hosted a meeting devoted to the ongoing construction of the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway, the ministry informed.   

The participants discussed the 2013 report on the railway construction, and the measures to be taken this year.   

The Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway project envisions the reconstruction of a 153-kilometer stretch in Georgia, and the construction of a 27-kilometer railway between the Georgian City of Akhalkalaki and the Turkish border.

At this point, 31 percent of the Georgian section of the railway is built. 

The ministry also informed that the Georgian-Azerbaijani coordinating council on the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway project is slated to hold a meeting in the near future, to discuss the financial and technical matters, reports Gruzia Online news agency of Georgia.