ITALIAN COMPANIES TAKE INTEREST IN PROJECTS IMPLEMENTED IN ARMENIAN RAILWAY SYSTEM
NOYAN TAPAN
NOVEMBER 2, 2009
YEREVAN
YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 2, NOYAN TAPAN. During the November 2 meeting
with the Italian Ambassador to Armenia Bruno Scapini, RA Minister of
Transport and Communication Gurgen Sargsyan presented the projects
being implemented in the sector. He said that the preliminary
feasibility study on construction of the Iran-Armenia railway has
already been completed: it was done by ILF company (Austria) with money
of the Hayastan All-Armenian Fund. Negotiations for a final feasibility
study are now being conducted witn the Asian Development Bank.
B. Scapini in his turn said Italferr company takes interest in the
projects being implemented in the raiway system of Armenia. In his
words, a number of other Italian companies are also interested in
various projects of the Armenian transport sector.
According to Susanna Tonoyan, spokeswoman for the RA minister of
transport and communication, an Italian road construction company
is already operating in Armenia. A joint venture of two consulting
companies – IRD (Italy) and Safege (Belgium) ensure quality control
of the road construction work within the World Bank’s Lifeline Roads
Improvement Project.