ARMENIAN DEFENSE MINISTER: ARMENIA AND RUSSIA CONSIDERING POSSIBLE LAUNCH OF CAR FERRY SERVICE

Arminfo
2007-03-05 19:35:00

Armenia and Russia are considering a possible launch of car ferry
service, Armenian Defense Minister Serzh Sargsyan, the Armenian
co-chair of the Armenian-Russian intergovernmental committee on
economic cooperation, told Radio Liberty.

Admitting that the Upper Lars check-point will shortly open, the
Minister stressed that both sides are looking for additional solutions
of the transport problems. Besides the railway ferry, S.Sargsyan and
Igor Levitin, the Russian co-chair of the committee and the Russian
Transport Minister, also discussed the issue of the car ferry service,
S.Sargsyan noted.