Talks on attraction additional load from Central Asia and China are undergoing, Irakli Ezugbaia, director general of LLC Georgian Railway, said. Particularly, preferential transportation of wheat via Georgia is discussed with Kazakhstan.
Prospects of freight flow growth were discussed at the conference of Railway Cooperation Organization, which has been opened today in Tbilisi. It is the first time when conference of such kind takes place in Georgia. Conference participants were heads of railways and businessmen from CIS, East Europe and Iran.
Conference have discussed Kars-Akhalkalaki railway construction project as well. Ezugbaia said that Turkish company Iksel Domenic will introduce the construction design by the end of June. The tender is to be announced after it. Georgia is represented in project coordinating board by Guram Guramishvili, member of Georgian Railway supervisory board.
Presentation of two Georgian companies export potential, Tbilisi Car-Repair Factory and Rustavi Electric Train Repair Factory, have been held within framework of the conference as well.
