Armavir-Yerevan railway communication improvedJune 5, 2009 - 23:01 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - South Caucasus Railways CJSC Shevket Shaydullin met Friday with Armavir region governor Ashot Haghramanyan to discuss ways to develop railway communication and formation of working groups for the purpose. Shaydullin has presented the project of Armavir-Yerevan railway communication. "A journey from Yerevan to Armavir will take 50 minutes. Trains will start from Yerevan every 3 hours. 17% of our passengers are students and we intend to make this figure increase," he 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 | Titus, Bilirakis lead legislation to sanction Azerbaijani war criminals Representatives Dina Titus (D-NV) and Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) have introduced the bipartisan legislation. Azerbaijan must respect human rights, Scholz tells Aliyev German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has called for greater respect for human rights in Azerbaijan. Armenia: Defense Ministry warns against involving army in political processes The Ministry’s statement came after a video surfaced online, showing soldiers joining the protests in Tavush. Scholz hopes Armenia-Azerbaijan peace treaty will be signed this year German Chancellor Olaf Scholz hopes that a peace treaty between Armenia and Azerbaijan will be signed this year. |