CONSTRUCTION OF ARMENIA-IRAN RAILROAD CONSIDERED
By Ara Martirosian

AZG Armenian Daily
30/11/2006

The Agriculture Minister of the Islamic Republic of Iran Mohammad Reza
Esqandar and the Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia Andranik
Margarian on a today meeting in Yerevan considered the cooperation
of the two states in the sphere of agriculture and the progress in
the economical relations.

The Governmental Department for Information and Communication with the
Society reports that the officials emphasized the cooperation between
Armenia and Iran in the field of power engineering. They considered the
issues of construction of the Iran-Armenia gas pipeline, exploitation
of the second high-voltage electricity line and construction of an
Iranian-Armenian Hydro Power Plant on the river Arax.

The Armenian Prime Minister and the Agriculture Minister of Iran
also discussed a number of transportation communications project, of
which they emphasized the construction of a new alternative road from
Armenia to Iran, which would make North-South cargo transportations
through Armenia more attractive.

The project of constructing an Iran-Armenia railway was also
considered.