SCR DIRECTOR GENERAL: ONE OF THE PRIOR TASKS IS ARMENIA’S INTEGRATION INTO TRANSPORT CORRIDOR EUROPE- CAUCASUS-ASIA

ArmInfo
2009-10-21 15:02:00

ArmInfo. One of the prior tasks of the South Caucasus Railway (SCR)
is Armenia’s integration into transport corridor Europe-Caucasus-Asia,
including as a transit link, SCR Director General Shevket Shaydullin
said in a press conference on Wednesday when commenting on possible
consequences of opening the Armenian-Turkish border.

"President of Armenia has set the task of integration into transport
corridors. I have discussed this task also during my meeting
with the prime minister of Armenia. Joining Europe-Caucasus-Asia
transport corridor will open quite new opportunities of positioning
not only inside Armenia. We will start forming logistic chains
where international railway transit will be via Armenia," Shevket
Shaydullin said. In this respect, construction of the railway section
Fioletogo-Vanadzor will become another link in the action plan. The
project is ready and the company is searching for potential investors.

"This is a principal approach probably to opening of the border with
Azerbaijan as well," he said. As compared to regional railway routes
passing by Armenia, in particular Kars-Akhalkalaki railway, SCR will
offer a more favorable project with shorter distance and higher speed.

Fight for the position of the transit link must become prior for the
SCR and the government, Shevket Shaydullin said.