ArmenPress
Nov 19 2004
TRANSIT RAILWAY FROM MOSCOW TO SOUTH CAUCASUS MAY BE RESTORED LATE IN
2005
MOSCOW, NOVEMBER 19, ARMENPRESS: The head of Russian railroad
transport department Mikhail Akulov said the existing problems will
not hamper restoration of the main railway line from Russia to South
Caucasus in 2005. “The railway connection from Moscow to Georgian
capital Tbilisi, and from there to Armenia and Azerbaijan may be
restored in a year time,’ he told Russian reporters, adding that only
the economic aspect of the issue has to be solved.
He said next week a Russian-Georgian commission will meet to
discuss restoration of Russia-Georgia railway link. Georgia has
already presented its version of how much restoration of the railway
from Sukhumi, the capital of its breakaway region of Abkhazia, to
Samtredia station in Georgia will cost. According to approximate
estimation, some $40 million are required to rehabilitate the 187
km-long section.