Ilham Aliyev attends opening of new road

President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has viewed the work done as part of the reconstruction of the 7.5 km section of the Baku-Guba-Russian Federation state border highway to Masazir ring.

The head of state also attended the opening of the first 30km section of the new Baku-Guba-Russian Federation state border highway, which is part of the North-South international transport corridor and is located between Yashma and Gilazi settlements of Khizi district.

The new 150km road has four lanes. The rest of the road's construction will be completed in the second half of next year.

Chairman of the Board of Azerbaijan Highway State Agency Saleh Mammadov informed the head of state of the work done.

Under the project, a new railway bridge was built near the Khirdalan ring of the Baku-Guba-Russian Federation state border highway.