Armenia planning to go on working with Russian Railways: envoySeptember 25, 2019 - 10:58 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The government of Armenia is planning to develop cooperation with Russian Railways, the Ambassador of Armenia to Moscow Vardan Toghanyan said, TASS reports. His comments came in response to media publications, suggesting that the Russian company is preparing to terminate the contract with Yerevan and stop servicing the Armenian Railways. “The government does not have such plans,” the head of the diplomatic mission said when asked about the possible termination of the work of Russian Railways in Armenia. “We, on the contrary, are aimed at developing investment projects with Russian Railways.” According to earlier reports, Russian Railways (RZhD), the Russian fully state-owned railway company, is preparing to break the agreement with the Armenian authorities, claiming that they are blocking the operation of its subsidiary, the South Caucasus Railway, which manages the Armenian railways. The information was first reported by RTVI, which cited a source familiar with the matter, and was later confirmed in the Ministry of Transport of Russia. Relations between Russian Railways and the Armenian authorities escalated due to searches and criminal cases against the South Caucasus Railway. Top stories The EU does not intend to conduct military exercises with Armenia, Lead Spokesperson for EU Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Peter Stano says. Hikmet Hajiyev has said that there is no place for USAID operation in Azerbaijan any longer. A telephone conversation between Putin and Pashinyan before the CSTO summit is not planned, Peskov says. London’s Armenian community has been left feeling “under attack” after the city’s Genocide monument was vandalised. Partner news | Armenia to participate in key EU meeting for the first time ever National Assembly speaker Alen Simonyan has said that Armenia will for the first time participate in the Conference. Russia clarifying reports on Baku’s alleged arms supply to Ukraine Russia says is carefully working to verify reports about alleged arms supplies from Azerbaijan to Ukraine CSTO: Armenia has not participated in secretariat’s work recently Recently Armenia has not participated in the work of the secretariat of the CSTO, Imangali Tasmagambetov said. Meeting with U.S., EU not against third parties, says Armenia The meeting scheduled for April 5 is dedicated to strengthening of the Armenia-EU-US cooperation, Yerevan added. |