SCR to launch transit transportations to Russia, Ukraine, TurkeyJanuary 30, 2012 - 16:49 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - South Caucasus Railway (SCR) CJSC plans to develop service sector for transit passengers and organize transportation by following routes: Yerevan-Batumi-Sochi-other cities of Russia, Yerevan- Batumi-Sochi-Crimea, Yerevan- Batumi-Illichivsk- other cities of Ukraine and Yerevan-Batumi- cities of Turkey. In a conversation with a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter, head of SCR passenger transportation department Gagik Movsisyan noted that Russian Railways JSC and Georgian Railway LLC passenger train tickets are planned to be sold. In this context, he said that in summer, 2011 the company started providing clients with a new service organizing transit journeys to Russian and Ukrainian Black Sea resorts, with 30 people having used the service in 2011. “This is a good result for a pilot program,” Movsisyan said. 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 | Armenia, Turkey discuss restoration of historic bridge The meeting took place on May 17 in Ashgabat on the sidelines of an international conference of ministers of culture. EU welcomes Armenia-Azerbaijan “progress” The EU has welcomed “progress” made in the framework of the Armenia-Azerbaijan border delimitation process. Belarus opposition leader slams Lukashenko for Karabakh trip Belarusian opposition politician Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya has harshly criticized the visit of Lukashenko to Karabakh. Mkhitaryan raises arrest of former Karabakh leaders in Azerbaijan Inter Milan star Henrikh Mkhitaryan has shared a news story about the extension of the arrest of former Karabakh leaders. |