TASK FORCE DEVELOPS ARMENIA’S STRATEGIC TRANSPORT SECURITY CONCEPT
ARKA
Sep 23, 2009
YEREVAN, September 23, /ARKA/. A task force set up to develop Armenia’s
strategic transport system’s security concept convened its maiden
meeting on Tuesday, chaired by the secretary of the National Security
Council Arthur Baghdasarian, the press office of the National Security
Council told ARKA.
It said the goal of the national strategy of transport security is
to ensure a high level safety of passenger and cargo transportations,
to raise the reliability of new regional transport infrastructure as
well as to form a transport security system in line with international
standards.
The development and approval of this strategy is spelled out by
Armenia’s National Security Strategy and Armenia-EU partnership
program.
Arthur Baghdasarian said the passage of the strategy is of a key
political and economic significance in view of the latest regional
developments and construction of a highway and a railway from Armenia
to Iran.
The participants of the Tuesday meeting decided to submit a draft
strategy to the National Security Council of Armenia in March. Then,
in accordance with Armenia-EU cooperation program, Armenia will get
down to implementation of this five-year long plan of actions.