Project Of Renewal Of Railway Communication Between Armenia and Russia Estimated

Prime News Agency, Georgia
March 17 2006

Tbilisi, March 17 (prime-News) – The project of renewal of railway
communication between Armenia and Russia through the territory of the
unrecognized republic Abkhazia is being estimated, Nikolai Pavlov,
Russian Ambassador Plenipotentiary and Extraordinary to Armenia,
stated on Friday.

According to him, shares of participating countries are being
calculated as well.

Leaders of JSC Russian Railway, JSC Armenian Railway and Georgian
Railway Ltd. made a decision on development of the business project
on organization of Sochi-Tbilisi through railway communication via
territory the unrecognized republic Abkhazia on January 20, 2006.

It was decided to establish an international consortium with
participation of the three institutions and Abkhazian railway men.

It is planned that Azerbaijani State Railway will take part in the
consortium.