Asia-Europe rail link launched

Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, second from left, Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev, center, and Georgia’s Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili, second from right, inaugurate the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway at a ceremony in Baku, Azerbaijan, Monday. The 826-kilometer (500-mile) railroad runs from Azerbaijan's capital Baku via the Georgian capital Tbilisi to the city of Kars in Turkey. “The Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railroad is the shortest and most reliable link between Asia and Europe,” Azerbaijan’s President Aliyev said.