RAILWAY COMMUNICATION BETWEEN RUSSIA AND ARMENIA CAN BE RESTORED IN YEARNovember 19, 2004 - 21:18 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The real term for the restoration of railway communication from Russia to Georgia and then to Yerevan is one year, head of the Russian Federal Department of Railway Transport Mikhail Akulov stated. In his words, the political constituent of the issue was settled during the visit of Russian Minister of Transport Igor Levitin to the South Caucasian states. A trilateral working group for the restoration of the railway communication via Abkhazia will be formed in the near future. The major technical problem, according to Akulov, is the unsatisfactory condition of the sector between Sukhumi and Samtredia. Top stories On June 10, Azerbaijani President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev will leave for Turkey on a working visit. Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev arrived in Moscow on April 22 to hold talks with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. In 2023, the Azerbaijani government will increase the country’s defense budget by more than 1.1 billion manats ($650 million). Partner news | Armenian, Georgian Foreign Ministers meet in Tbilisi The meeting of Ararat Mirzoyan and Ilia Darchiashvili, is underway in Tbilisi, the Armenian Foreign Ministry reveals. CSI urges IOC to ban Azerbaijan from Paris 2024 The organization said in a statement that there is no place for genocide at the Olympics. Bipartisan U.S. Congressional delegation arrives in Armenia Senator Wicker is also the ranking member of the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee. Freedom House: “Why are there no Armenians in Nagorno Karabakh?” Freedom House has published a report summary titled “Why are there no Armenians in Nagorno Karabakh?” |