sentences:  Such giant projects as the Baku–Tbilisi–Kars railway further strengthen our unity and friendship.”"
  
  The 30 October date for the opening was chosen for symbolic reasons - it was that date in 1920 that Turkey captured Kars from the Armenian Republic.The European Union welcomed the opening of the Baku–Tbilisi–Kars railway and referred it as a major measure for transport interconnections channeling the European Union with Turkey, Azerbaijan, Georgia and Central Asia.In the statement it is stated that this rail corridor will ensure better network, create new business circumstances and increase quality of trade among the parties.