Armenia moves closer to restoration of rail routes

PanARMENIAN.Net - Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has signed a decision on the establishment of a working group "for the effective implementation of the rehabilitation program of the Armenian railway" in Meghri and the section from Yeraskh to the Azerbaijan border.

Adviser to the Prime Minister, Armenia's former ambassador to Iran Artashes Toumanian has been appointed the head of the working group which will include nine other members as well.

The restoration of the rail routes is part of Armenia and Azerbaijan's commitment to open regional communications and transport ties in the South Caucasus.

A working group on the matter is co-chaired by the Deputy PMs of Armenia, Russia and Azerbaijan who first meet in person on January 30 in Moscow to discuss new transport communications that would link Armenia, Russia and Azerbaijan. New rail and road routes in the South Caucasus are expected to connect the Azerbaijani Autonomous Republic of Nakhichevan with the rest of the country, for which a road will be built through the territory of Armenia. There will also be road and rail routes through the territory of Azerbaijan to connect Armenia to Russia.