Sakartvelos rkinigzebma (GR) xels moaweres shetankhmebas BTKI Railways-tan, Sakartvelosa da Azerbaijanis ertoblivi sawarmo, da miighes satvirto gadazidvebze eqskluziuri ufleba Marabda–Kartsakhi-s monakvetze — Baku–Tbilisi–Kars-is (BTK) rkinigzis umnishvnelovanes nawils. Khelsh ekruleba gaformda Tbilisshi Sakartvelos ekonomikis saministros, GR-is warmomadgenlebisa da Azerbaijanis rkinigzebis monawileobit.
Mkhareebma aghnishnes, rom shetankhmeba gaadzlierebs qveqnis tranzitul da logistikur potencials, moizidavs damatebit tvirtebs da gaamtkicebs regionalur tanamshromlobas. Shekhvedrisas ganikhiles satvirto gadazidvebis shemdegi ganvitareba da Shuа koridoris konkurentunarianobis gazrda, romelic Evropa-sa da Azias akavshirebs.
BTK-is rkinigzis sigrdze 830 km-ia, xolo sakartvelos monakveti 184 km-s sheadgens. Marabda–Kartsakhi-s shtos modernizaciis dasrulebis shemdeg 2024 cels, xazis gamotarebis unari weliwadshi 1 milionidan 5 milion tonamde gaizarda. Xazi satesto rejimshi 2017 wlidan mushaobs da akhla BTKI Railways-is martvis pirobebshi ganvitarebis axal impulses ireb.
