BAKU -- The leaders of Turkey, Azerbaijan and Georgia officially opened Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway here in the Azerbaijani capital on Monday, opening the possibility of a southern route for trade between China and Europe.
"Today we are opening an important component of the new silk road connecting Asia to Europe," Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said at the opening ceremony. "We announce today that China to London railway link is established."
