In about ten days, the specialists will start conducting instrumental studies on the two sections to be restored of the Armenia-Azerbaijan railway, on the basis of which a plan will be developed. Artashes Tumanyan, the head of the Armenian working group of the railway restoration program—and who is also an adviser to the Prime Minister of Armenia—, stated about this on the air of RFE/RL Armenian Service.

"Moreover, not only the members of our working group, but also the specialists of the Russian railway will take part in the work of that group," Tumanyan added.

However, it is not yet known on the Armenian side as to when the respective construction will start. According to the Armenian PM's adviser, in order to start that work, the relevant agreements reached between Armenia and Azerbaijan need to be specified in a document.

"It can be bilateral, or a third party, too. But at least the two parties must commit to doing that because those infrastructures must join, must work together," said the head of the aforementioned Armenian working group.

Tumanyan noted that it will take just a few months to restore the Yeraskh section of the Armenia-Azerbaijan railway, whereas three years—in the Meghri section, where a 45-kilometer railway will be built.

As per the Armenian premier’s adviser, it is not clear yet for Armenia as to how much this work will cost.

"But it does not end with that alone because there are also adjacent structures; for example, customs points. It is not the railway; but if we do not have all those infrastructures, we will not have a working infrastructure," Artashes Tumanyan concluded.