IRAN-ARMENIA RAILWAY ISSUE DISCUSSED

Lragir.am
27/01/10

On January 27, in Yerevan, the second trilateral meeting, Armenia,
Iran, Russia, on the construction of the Iran-Armenia railway took
place.

The Armenian side presented the first deputy of the Armenian minister
of transport and communications Hrant Beglaryan, Russia – head of the
Russian transport department on railway transport state policy Sergey
Tugarinov, other representatives of the "Russian Railways" company,
and from the Iranian side – deputy minister of the Iranian road and
transport communication Majid Asadi and other officials.

In the course of the meeting, the sides discussed already implemented
works. H. Beglaryan noted that the Austrian ilF Company has already
carried out the primary technical-economic study of the railway
construction. Dwelling on the financing, Beglaryan said negotiations
are underway with the Asian Development Bank and the World Bank.

According to M. Asadi, in case of the construction of the railway,
the Iranian side is ready to construct the Iranian part with its means.

The Russian representative Tugarinov dwelt on the possibilities for
transition of the railway as well as its integration into the existing
transport corridors, including the North-South.

The next meeting of the working group will take place after the end
of the technical-economic grounding of works, in Yerevan. The press
service of the RA ministry of transport and communication reports.