ANKARA: A New Railway Line And Some Regional Realities

A NEW RAILWAY LINE AND SOME REGIONAL REALITIES Turkish Daily News July 25 2008 Turkey Given the obstacles it is sometimes hard to be optimistic about the prospects of improved ties between Turkey and Armenia. But life becomes much more difficult if one does not retain some optimism Semih Ä°DÄ°Z The ground breaking ceremony yesterday for the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway, attended by the presidents of Turkey, Azerbaijan and Georgia, is yet another bitter reminder for Armenia of its growing regional isolation, and the economic consequences this is having for the country and its people. Try hard as they may, members of the Armenian diaspora in the United States, as well as their supporters in the U.S. Congress, have been unable to prevent this project going ahead, just as they were unable to prevent the strategic Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan... [read full story]