Project of fiber-optic cable line through Black Sea-Caucasus-Central Asia to be discussed in Baku this March or April

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17.01.2008 08:26

http://abc.az/cgi-bin/wnews_one.cgi?nid=20601&lang=eng

Baku, Fineko/abc.az. A project of high-speed fiber-optic cable line to run from the Black Sea basin to Central Asia through the Caucasus is being prepared on Azerbaijan’s initiative.

Ali Abbasov, the communication minister of Azerbaijan, said that an international conference will be arranged in Baku this March or April for this project debates.

“The meeting will cover opportunities of creation of an operating consortium and project cost. Azerbaijan comes forward a central country in the project. The cable line project will allow removal of information vacuum of the countries of Black Sea basin, Caucasus and Asia,” Abbasov said.

The project developed from the idea of laying a Trans-Caspian segment of TAE Project, interest to which was displayed by Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Turkey.

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Project of fiber-optic cable line through Black Sea-Caucasus-Central Asia to be discussed in Baku this March or April