RA PRESIDENT ATTENDS MEGHRI-KAPAN HIGHWAY OPENING CEREMONY
PanARMENIAN.Net
26.10.2007 14:24 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Opening ceremony of the Meghri-Kapan highway built
with assistance of the Iranian side took place October 26.
As RA President’s Spokesman Victor Soghomonyan told a PanARMENIAN.Net
reporter, President Robert Kocharian, Iranian Ambassador Ali Reza
Haghighian, Minister of transport and Communications Andranik Manukyan
and other officials participated in the ceremony.
The highway will enable perennial motor communication between Armenia
and Iran. It extends for some 80 km, its slope doesn’t exceed 8
degrees, maximal height above sea level makes 1980 meters.
The only motor road connecting Armenia and Iran goes through the
Meghri pass (2563 above sea level). The traffic there is partially
blocked by snowfalls in winter. The highway is very old and its slope
reaches 12 degrees at some segments.