The Zangezur corridor will start operating at full capacity from 2028-2029,” said Abdülkadir Uraloğlu, the Minister of Transport and Infrastructure of Türkiye to TGRT Haber channel, Paralel.Az reports.

He said that the construction of part connecting Kars and Igdir that are bordering the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic, which is the main component of the railway line, will start at the end of this year.

According to the Turkish minister, the construction of the sector of the road connecting Nakhchivan and Zangilan is planned to be completed in a few years.

A. Uraloğlu also noted that the aforementioned transport route is of great importance in terms of the development of economic relations between Asia and Europe.