RAILWAY COUNCIL OF CIS, BALTIC STATES MEETS IN ARMENIAN CAPITAL

Mediamax News Agency, Armenia
11 Oct 06

Yerevan, 11 October: A session of the railway council of the CIS and
Baltic states opened in Yerevan today.

Opening the session, the chairman of the council and the head of
Russian Railways, Vladimir Yakunin, said that under the council’s
auspices, the railways of its member countries have made great progress
in establishing an intergovernmental informational-computing system,
Mediamax has said.

Besides, Vladimir Yakunin noted that the council played an important
role in ensuring cooperation among the railway administrations [of
the member countries].

Speaking about the Armenian railway, Yakunin described it as the oldest
system in the former Soviet Union. He recalled that the decision to
set up the Armenian railway was adopted in 1895.

The session of the council will last till 13 October. About 133
representatives from 15 countries are taking part in the session.