RA-Turkey railway traffic could be launched within 2 days after the agreement is reachedSeptember 25, 2009 - 17:04 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - SCRW will allocate RUB 50 million to construction of logistics center at Akhuryan frontier station, South Caucasian Railways Senior Deputy Director General Marat Khakov stated.In this connection, he added that RA-Turkey railway traffic could be launched within 2 days after the agreement is reached. Preparatory works are being conducted. "The station is vacated of old carriages, project designs developed for administrative buildings construction at customs and frontier points. Constructions and assembling operations are scheduled for October," he said, adding that investment volumes could be assessed in full after detail analysis. Top stories 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 | Concept to complete Yerevan Cascade discussed at city hall A conceptual proposal to complete the Cascade complex in downtown Yerevan has been presented by Jean-Michel Wilmotte. Pashinyan visits flood-hit region Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Saturday, June 8 visited the disaster area in the Lori province. €3.5 mln EU grant to support justice reforms in Armenia The European Union has paid €3.5 mln grant to Armenia within a €11mln program on Support to Justice Reforms. Yerevan reacts to Baku’s proposal to see Minsk Group abolition Alen Simonyan has declared that Armenia is taking steps aimed at concluding a peace treaty with Azerbaijan. |