ARMINFO News Agency, Armenia July 13, 2017 Thursday Abashidze: Armenia should not hope for opening of trade corridor through Abkhazia Yerevan July 17 Marianna Mkrtchyan. The topic of opening roads in the transit direction is not considered, "the special representative of the Prime Minister for Relations with Russia Zurab Abashidze responded to the statement of the Minister of Transport, Communications and Information Technologies of Armenia Vahan Martirosyan that" in the near future Armenia hopes to launch a trade corridor Between Russia and Georgia through - Abkhazia and South Ossetia ". Abashidze said that the negotiations between Russia and Georgia are conducted on the implementation of the 2011 agreement on monitoring cargo turnover and there is no talk about additional preconditions that would allow Armenia to hope for the opening of a trade corridor through Abkhazia. "Now we are talking with Russia about the 2011 agreement to come into force. For this, it is necessary to conclude contracts with the Swiss company (SGS), both from our own and from the Russian side. In these negotiations our Swiss colleagues are actively participating. It is necessary to complete the preparatory phase of work on contracts and conclude them. After this, a Georgian-Russian-Swiss working group will be established to monitor the implementation of the agreement,"Abashidze said, Georgia Online reports. It should be noted that following the results of the talks in Prague, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Grigory Karasin and Georgian special envoy, Ambassador Zurab Abashidze, it became known that the parties agreed to conclude consultations on the implementation of the 2011 agreement and proceed to formalize contracts with the Swiss firm SGS, which will Control the movement of goods and goods from Russia to Georgia and back through the "trade corridors" through the territory of Abkhazia and South Ossetia. Vahan Martirosyan, Minister of Transport, Communications and Information Technologies of Armenia, reacting to this news in particular, noted: "The parties to the talks have a mutual desire to open a railway through Abkhazia. Now no one can say ahead, in what terms the agreement can be reached, and the road - is open. We are here an outside observer, but we see interest from both the Georgian and Russian sides. But in the negotiations there are many details that need to be discussed. Negotiations take time, this must be treated with understanding. But the result will be". According to the research of the British non-governmental organization International Alert, the reconstruction of the Abkhazian railway, which has been inoperative since 1991 on the Sochi-Sukhumi- Tbilisi-Yerevan route, will cost $ 277.5 million, which will be repaid not earlier than in 100 years. $ 251 million is required to restore the 190-kilometer Abkhaz section of Psou-Inguri, while from Inguri to Zugdidi, the cost will be only $ 26.5 dollars. From Zugdidi to Tbilisi and further to Yerevan, the road works and does not need repairs. It is noteworthy that according to the official conclusions of the Abkhaz experts this amount is $ 350-400 million, while their Georgian counterparts believe that it will take no more than $ 73 million.