Minister of Transport, Maritime Affairs and Communications Ahmet Arslan said, “We need a serious corridor that will connect the Kars railway to Pakistan via Iğdır Dilucu, Nakhichevan and from there to China. That's why Iğdır deserves a railway. We also carry out the processes of these projects. Hopefully, Iğdır will be one of the cities that meet the high-speed train, as it has met with divided roads, hot asphalt and airport. We will do this together.” said.
Minister Arslan, where he came within the scope of various contacts, was greeted by Governor Ahmet Turgay Alpman, AK Party Iğdır Deputy Nurettin Aras, AK Party Iğdır Provincial Chairman Ahmet Tutulmaz, provincial protocol and party members.
Arslan, who later went to Tuzluca district and visited the tradesmen and listened to their problems, congratulated the citizens on the month of Ramadan. Ahmet Arslan later visited the Karakoyunlu District Governor's Office and received information about the district from Deputy Governor Harun Yücel, who is acting as the district governor. Addressing the citizens in Karakoyunlu Atatürk Park, Arslan said that services continue for the development of this region.
Arslan said that as the AK Party, they increased the 10-kilometer divided road in Iğdır to 172 kilometers and said, “We have increased it to exactly 17 times. While there was no hot asphalt in Iğdır and its districts, we increased it to 74 kilometers, I hope when we come next, we will at least mention the plate. We have to climb above Iğdır's 76 plate. " he spoke.
Stating that they built a tunnel to the Georgian border after Kars, Arslan continued his words as follows:
“After Ardahan, there is the Sahara pass that goes to the Black Sea, and we are building a tunnel there. What is our aim? A load coming out of this area, easy reach everywhere. Let the economy and trade of these regions grow. A load from Iran should go to the Black Sea and Georgia via Iğdır, not from another route. A load from Nakhchivan should go from Kars to Georgia and likewise to the Black Sea. Let the cargo in the Black Sea and Georgia also come through Iğdır, we will build a tunnel in Doğubayazıt, and I hope Tendürek, I promised it, from there to Van, from there to Iraq and Syria. When there are people who think about the country and the province when they take great responsibility, we have put forward the photo big, we are doing big projects. "
Referring to the program held in China with President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Arslan said, “There is a serious demand for cargo from China to Europe. As our memory can't take it. Hundreds of millions of tons. After all, it will pass somewhere, it has to go somewhere. We are making Baku-Tbilisi-Kars for him, but this is not enough. We also met with them, we also talked with Azerbaijan and Iran, the work continues. We need a serious corridor that will connect the Kars railway to Pakistan via Iğdır Dilucu, Nakhichevan and from there to China. That's why Iğdır deserves a railway. We carry out the processes in these projects. Hopefully, Iğdır will be one of the cities that meet the high-speed train as it has met with divided roads, hot asphalt and airport. We will do this together.” used the phrases.
After the speeches, Arslan attended the iftar program given at Karakoyunlu Gazi Regional Boarding Secondary School.
As a person from Kağızman, we expect the road between Kars and Iğdır to pass through Kağızman. In addition, as I said in my previous comments, the most commercially useful railway to the Black Sea is Erzurum bayburt Gümüşhane trabzon-tirebolu line. YHT should come from Samsun.