Nikolai Ryzhkov: "Railways in Armenia have begun to live"November 9, 2009 - 17:36 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Russia has been fully satisfied with the this year performance of the "South Caucasus Railways" company, Nikolai Ryzhkov , Russia's co-chair of Armenia-Russia inter-parliamentary cooperation committee, Chairman of Russia's Natural monopolies committee of Federation Council told the 17th meeting of the committee in Yerevan. As Nikolai Ryzhkov told reporters on November 9, the meeting summarized the work done by the SCR for the year and outlined the work for the future. "The meeting discussed the ferry, as well as the use of transport capacity in case of opening the border with Turkey," Nikolai Ryzhkov said. "This meeting shows that opportunities to turn Armenia into the international transport corridor have not yet lost," the Armenian- co-chair of the Armenia-Russia inter-parliamentary Cooperation Committee on Economic Affairs, secretary of the "Prosperous Armenia" parliamentary faction Aram Safaryan said. An agreement on bilateral cooperation, including development of railway infrastructure of Armenia and improvement of transport links between Armenia and Russia will be signed after the meeting. 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 | Narek Manasyan wins European Boxing Championships silver for Armenia Armenia’s Narek Manasyan (92kg) won Armenia’s second silver medal at the European Boxing Championships 2024 on April 28. Blinken urges Azerbaijan to continue negotiations with Armenia Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken has urged Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev to continue negotiations with Armenia. Pashinyan, Blinken talk Armenia-U.S. ties over the phone Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan had a phone conversation with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on April 28, Pashinyan’s office reports. Titus, Bilirakis lead legislation to sanction Azerbaijani war criminals Representatives Dina Titus (D-NV) and Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) have introduced the bipartisan legislation. |