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.
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Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev,far right, joins Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, next in front row, at the opening ceremony for the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway in Baku on Oct. 30.
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