Baku / 14.01.22 / Turan: By the decision of Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, on January 14, a working group was created to build a railway in the Meghri section, Armenian media reported on Friday.
Adviser to the Prime Minister, former Armenian Ambassador to Iran Artashes Tumanyan has been appointed head of the working group.
On December 16, Pashinyan announced that at a meeting in Brussels with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, they confirmed an agreement on the construction of a railway from Azerbaijan to Nakhchivan through the Syunik region of Armenia.
“At a meeting in Brussels, we confirmed the agreement on the construction of the Yeraskh-Julfa-Ordubad-Meghri-Horadiz railway,” Pashinyan said at a government meeting.
He noted that the railway will operate on the basis of international border and customs laws, Armenia will get access to Iran and Russia through this railway, Azerbaijan - to Nakhchivan.
If it is possible to establish a dialogue with Turkey and achieve the opening of the border and communications, it will allow the use of the railway from Yeraskh to Gyumri, and from Gyumri to Kars, Pashinyan said.
According to him, the implementation of this project will significantly change the economic, investment, political climate in the region.-02D-
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