ARMENIA TO START CONSTRUCTION OF NORTH-SOUTH HIGHWAY
PanARMENIAN.Net
May 19, 2010 – 18:40 AMT 13:40 GMT
Armenian Minister of Transport and Communication Manuk Vardanyan
received Iranian Ambassador to Armenia Seyed Ali Saghaiyan.
Greeting the guest, the Armenian Minister noted that large-scale
road construction works will start in the country soon, including
the first stage of North-South highway construction, the Ministry’s
press service reported.
In his turn, the Ambassador said that Iranian companies are interested
in financing of the highway construction.
At the Ambassador’s request, Mr. Vardanyan also briefed on the
process of implementation of the program on North-South highway
construction, in which the Asian Bank of Development, China and Russia
are interested.
The Minister stressed that one can speak about financial sources only
after a feasibility study.
The Iranian Ambassador also referred to increase in number of buses
implementing passengers’ transportation between the two countries. The
parties also attached importance to the gained achievements in the
fields of communication and telecommunications, as well as discussed
possibilities for boosting cooperation in the postal field.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
