SCR not to acquire carriages in Poland for Armenia-Turkey railroad

PanARMENIAN.Net - South Caucasian Railways (SCR) denied rumors on its intentions to acquire freight carriages in Poland for Armenia-Turkey railroad. "We were shocked by the news. There's no need to purchase carriages," South Caucasian Railways CJSC Director Sergey Shaydulin told a news conference in Yerevan.



Such rumors, he said, testify to opposite party's interest in searching consumer market.



Information on Armenia's intention to buy 120 locomotive carriages from Poznan factory was released by media after Armenian Ambassador Ashot Galoyan's visit to the enterprise last week.



Armenia's Foreign Ministry denied the rumors accounting for diplomat's visit by the intention to strengthen ties, says a newspaper report. In the meantime, an information source in RA Ministry of Transport and Communication refrained from making comments, stating that "Russian Railways might provide more precise information on diplomatic carriages." The latter, however, refrained from comments too.