SCR head thanks Georgian colleagues for professionalism in removal of railway accident aftermathAugust 5, 2011 - 21:09 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Director General of South Caucasus Railways (SCR) Shevket Shaydulin addressed today a letter to Director General of Georgian Railway Irakli Ezugbaia. As the SCR press office reports, in the letter Shaydulin expressed his gratitude to Georgian side for high professionalism and efficiency, demonstrated during the accident with liner train on July 30 near Georgian Gori city, who worked within two days to remove aftermath of the accident and restore railway communication. “Operative work of your staff allowed to continue the trip and ensure safety of passengers of Armenia brand train, who were arriving to Yerevan after recreation in Georgia” Shaydulin’s letter runs. 12 carriages of passenger train turned over on July 30, 30 km from Tbilisi. No death was recorded as a result of the accident. 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 | Macron honors Charles Aznavour on 100th anniversary French President Emmanuel Macron has paid tribute to the memory of French-Armenian crooner Charles Aznavour. Erdogan’s approval rating falls below 40 percent: survey A total of 53.4 percent of respondents said they disapprove of the performance of Erdoğan. Blinken says U.S. reviewing a number of aid requests from Armenia He said the U.S. is reviewing the requests to determine what more it can do to increase its assistance to Armenia. At least 2 CSTO members participated in preparing 44-day war against Armenia – PM Nikol Pashinyan has declared that at least two CSTO member countries participated in preparations for the 44-day war against Armenia. |