NIKOLAI RYZHKOV: "RAILWAYS IN ARMENIA HAVE BEGUN TO LIVE"

/PanARMENIAN.Net/
09.11.2009 17:36 GMT+04:00

Russia has been fully satisfied with the this year performance of the
"South Caucasus Railways" company, Nikolai Ryzhkov , Russia’s co-chair
of Armenia-Russia inter-parliamentary cooperation committee, Chairman
of Russia’s Natural monopolies committee of Federation Council told
the 17th meeting of the committee in Yerevan.

As Nikolai Ryzhkov told reporters on November 9, the meeting summarized
the work done by the SCR for the year and outlined the work for
the future. "The meeting discussed the ferry, as well as the use
of transport capacity in case of opening the border with Turkey,"
Nikolai Ryzhkov said.

"This meeting shows that opportunities to turn Armenia into the
international transport corridor have not yet lost," the Armenian-
co-chair of the Armenia-Russia inter-parliamentary Cooperation
Committee on Economic Affairs, secretary of the "Prosperous Armenia"
parliamentary faction Aram Safaryan said.

An agreement on bilateral cooperation, including development of railway
infrastructure of Armenia and improvement of transport links between
Armenia and Russia will be signed after the meeting.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress