Russian Transport Ministry to attend to possibility of Ferry

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RUSSIAN TRANSPORT MINISTRY TO ATTEND TO POSSIBILITY OF FERRY CROSSING FOR
SUPPLYING ARMENIA WITH OIL

22.06.2005 03:21

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The Ministries of Transport of Russia and Armenia will
attend the issue of using the ferry crossing for supplying Armenia with
Russian oil as well as consider the prospects for attracting extra volume of
goods including export, import and transit transportation via Caucasus-Poti
railway ferry crossing, the protocol signed by RF Minister of Transport,
Co-Chair of the Armenian-Russian Intergovernmental Committee on Economic
Cooperation Igor Levitin and Secretary of the Security Council under the RA
President, Defense Minister and Co-Chair of the Armenian-Russian
Intergovernmental Committee Serge Sargsian, says. The discussion of the
project is to be completed within a month. The issues referring to
collection of indirect taxes in mutual trade as well as collection of
surplus value tax while exporting natural gas and oil from Russia will be
also considered.