Armenian Ministry of Transport presents feasibility study draft for Yerevan-Tbilisi railway restorationNovember 18, 2009 - 17:28 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenia's Ministry of Transport and Communication reported on the feasibility study draft for Yerevan-Tbilisi railway restoration on November 18, press service of the ministry reports. Works have been carried out within a year under the EU TRACECA. The program manager Giovanni Mastrandea, presented three possible options for restoration of the 101 kilometer-long railway from Yerevan to the Georgian border, including the alternative of restoring of Ijevan-Hrazdan railway. According to him, railways, leading to both Georgia and in Azerbaijan, are in poor condition and for their rehabilitation should be done. In particular, 60 km out of 101 km of Tbilisi-Yerevan railway are in the worst condition, while some 40 km are not too bad, he said and suggested to restore the part of the railway, which will take 6-8 years. 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 | The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization. Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia. Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. |