The Ministry of Transport and Communication is doing its best to call to life the “Southern Railway of Armenia” program, a project of strategic importance for the country, Minister of Transport and Communication Gagik Beglaryan said at a meeting with the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Iran to Armenia Mohammad Reisi. “The technical and economic plan has been worked out and is currently under consideration,” he said.
The Ambassador emphasized the importance or the project for both Armenia and Iran and stressed that it could greatly contribute to the growth of commodity turnover between the ports of the Black Sea and the Persian Gulf.
He reiterated the commitment of the Iranian side to implement the project.
