IRAN, ARMENIA TO EXPAND LAND, RAILWAY TRANSPORTATION COOPERATION
Fars News Agency
April 3 2009
Iran
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran and Armenia are to expand cooperation in the land
and railway transportation sector.
In separate meetings in Yerevan on Thursday, Iran’s Minister of
Roads and Transportation Hamid Behbahani and Armenia’s Ministers of
Energy and Natural Resources Armen Movsisian and of Transportation
and Communications Gurgen Sagsyan examined ways of expanding mutual
cooperation, particularly in the transportation sector, the Islamic
republic news agency reported.
The meetings were held on the sidelines of the Iran-Armenia Joint
Transportation Cooperation Commission session in Yerevan, where
the Iranian minister said Tehran is ready to help Armenia build the
Iran-Armenia railway track.
The Iranian party will also facilitate cargo transportation from
Armenia to Iran’s southern and northern ports and to other countries
via its territory.