Javid Gurbanov: Baku-Tbilisi passenger train to ease travel

The Baku-Tbilisi passenger train will facilitate travel for Azerbaijani people and citizens of the two states, Deputy Minister of Digital Development and Transport of Azerbaijan Javid Gurbanov said, Report informs.

"May the departure of the Baku-Tbilisi train be for the benefit of our people. This is a successful result of the policy of President Ilham Aliyev," he noted, adding that Georgia is a neighboring and friendly state.

Gurbanov recalled that approximately 400,000 Azerbaijanis live in Georgia: "This passenger train will further facilitate travel for our people and citizens of the two states."

Gurbanov became one of the first passengers of the Baku-Tbilisi train.