RUSSIAN RAILWAYS COMPANY IS READY TO TAKE PART IN CONSTRUCTION OF IRAN-ARMENIA RAILWAY

2008-01-16 16:25:00

ArmInfo. The Russian Railways (RR) CJSC is ready to take part in
the construction of Iran-Armenia railway, RR President of Vladimir
Yakunin said at a press-conference in Yerevan, Wednesday.

According to him, Armenia and Iran are currently holding high-level
negotiations on possible linking of Armenian and Iranian railways and
Russia also takes part in the negotiations. He added that no decision
about the construction of the Iran-Armenia railway has been taken
yet. "If such a decision is taken, we’ll be ready to take part in
its implementation and consider the issue of attracting additional
investments", he said. Yakunin noted that Russia is interested in
development of the North-South transport corridor. "Our talks with Iran
are active from the viewpoint of both exploitation of this transport
corridor and development of Iran’s infrastructure", Yakunin noted.

For his part, Armenian Minister of Transport and Communication Andranik
Manukyan said that in 2007 Armenia and Iran signed a memorandum on
technical study of possible laying-out. This work is to be completed
before July 1, 2008, the minister said.