Armenia searching means for Yerevan-Batumi highway constructionJuly 29, 2009 - 19:01 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - A certain progress has been registered in Yerevan-Batumi highway construction issue.As RA Transport and Communication Minister Gurgen Sargsyan told a news conference today, Xiaoyu Zhao, Vice President of Asian Development Bank has recently visited Armenia to discuss a number of transportation issues, specifically Yerevan-Batumi highway construction. Negotiations are conducted with ABD as well as other interested parties for highway construction funding provision. The exact sum of project funding has not been yet determined as project feasibility study is currently is process. Upon study construction, financing issues will be discussed in more detail, RA Transport and Communication Minister stated. ![]() ![]() Azerbaijani authorities report that they have already resettled 3,000 people in the Nagorno-Karabakh town of Stepanakert. On June 10, Azerbaijani President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev will leave for Turkey on a working visit. Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev arrived in Moscow on April 22 to hold talks with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. ![]() ![]() Partner news | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |