FIRST LOAD FOR ARMENIA TO ARRIVE FROM KAVKAZ PORT TO POTI ON NIGHT OF APRIL 3

02.04.2005 04:03

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The train-ferry with 18 cars of grain destined for
Armenia will arrive from Kavkaz port (Russia, Krasnodar Territory) to
Poti port (George), Regnum news agency reported. In the words of the
chief of the Department of Railways of Armenia Ararat Khrimian, the
delivery of the load to Armenia via train-ferry is organized for the
first time within the latest 14 years. At present 11 out of the 29
cars of the Armenian load are in Kavkaz port ` it was possible to
transport only 18 cars at a time. It should be reminded that the
Agreement on opening the train-ferry passage between Kavkaz and Poti
ports was signed by Russian Minister of Transport Igor Levitin and
Georgian Minister of Economic Development Alexy Aleksishvili in
Tbilisi January 10, 2005. The parties also signed agreements on the
transportation rules and temporary rules of exploitation of the
passage. Armenia, Azerbaijan and Central Asian countries can use the
Poti-Kavkaz passage besides Russia and Georgia.