Shortest Asia-Europe rail link connecting 3 nations launched
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip ErdoÄan, Georgia's Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili and Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev launched a rail link connecting the three countries on Monday. Aliyev said the 826-kilometre Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railroad is the shortest and most reliable rail link between Asia and Europe. It is capable of transporting one million people and 5 million tonnes of freight.nn