Manuk Vardanyan briefed donor organizations on priority programs in RA transport sphereMay 14, 2010 - 19:28 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - On May 11-13, Tbilisi hosted conference entitled Transportation Perspectives in South Caucasus. At the conference, Armenian Minister of Transport and Communication Manuk Vardanyan briefed international donor organizations on priority programs in RA transport sphere. Conference participants were familiarized with a number of projects, including North South highway and railway construction, Yerevan –Fioletovo railway road and Yerevan –Tbilisi railway bridges reconstruction. Representatives of donor organizations involved in transport sphere, in turn, presented priority investment directions for the next few years.
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