Georgia has begun to seriously consider the potential consequences of reopening transport communications between Azerbaijan and Armenia. While the move is widely seen as a positive step for regional cooperation, it also poses economic risks for Georgia, which has long served as the South Caucasus’ primary transit hub.

Azerbaijani investments helped boost the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway capacity to 5 million tons, the country’s Prime Minister Ali Asadov said on Wednesday.