ARMENIAN OFFICIAL: RAILROAD TO IRAN TO TAKE 5 YEARS TO BUILD

Prime-Tass English-language Business Newswire
October 10, 2008 Friday 12:21 PM EET
Russia

A railroad linking Armenia with Iran will take at least five years
to build, Gurgen Sargsyan, the Armenian minister of transport and
communications, told reporters late Thursday.

Sargsyan said earlier that the cost of the construction could amount
from U.S. $1.5 billion to $2 billion.

The railroad, which is still in the planning phase, will give Armenia
an alternative export route by rail besides the current one to Georgia.