IRAN IRREGULARITIES HAMPERED MEETING OF WORKING GROUP ON IRAN-ARMENIA LINE CONSTRUCTION

/PanARMENIAN.Net/
22.06.2009 19:00 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The meeting of the working group on construction
of Iran-Armenia railroad was postponed because of the post-election
clashes in Iran, an Armenian official said.

"The meeting was scheduled for June but the Iranian delegation could
not arrive," head of the external relation department at RA Ministry
of Transport and Communications Gagik Grigoryan told a PanARMENIAN.Net
reporter.

The meeting is expected in late July at the level of Deputy Transport
Ministers of Armenia, Iran and Russia.

"The draft concept of the project will be presented during the
meeting. Presently, talks on $1 million financing are held with the
Asian Development Bank," Grigoryan said.

Final memorandum on construction of Iran-Armenia railroad was signed in
Tehran by Iranian Minister of Roads and Transportation Hamid Behbahani
and Armenian Minister of Transport and Communications Gurgen Sargsyan.

Construction may take more than 5 years. The project is estimated
some $1-1,2 billion.