SCR posts passenger traffic of 5089 on Yerevan-Batumi-Yerevan route![]() July 16, 2013 - 17:44 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - South Caucasus Railway posted passenger traffic of 5089 on Yerevan-Batumi-Yerevan route from June 15 to July 11, with a 4,1% increase reported compared with 2012 results. From June 1 to July 11, 12,4 thous. of Armenia deluxe train tickets were sold, exceeding last year’s results by 28%. Yerevan has dismissed Turkey’s demand to shut down the Armenian nuclear power plant as “inappropriate”. Armenia will loan 2.9 billion drams to Nagorno Karabakh (Artsakh), according to a draft government decision. The Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of Azerbaijan has “strongly condemned” Armenia’s decision. Kerobyan has said that for the first time in the history of Armenia, the volume of foreign direct investments amounted to about $1 billion. Partner news |