ITAR-TASS News Agency
April 1, 2004 Thursday 4:09 AM Eastern Time
Armenia DM to discuss railway transportation tariffs in Tbilisi
By Tengiz Pachkoria
TBILISI
Armenian Defense Minister and Secretary of the Security Council Serzh
Sarkisyan currently on a visit in the Georgian capital will discuss
"the reduction of railway transportation tariffs from Georgia to
Armenia" with the Georgian leadership. Railway transport from the
ports of Poti and Batumi and other Georgian regions will be
discussed.
"The issue was discussed during Mikhail Saakashvili's visit to
Yerevan in March this year," Sarkisyan told journalists on Thursday.
"The Georgian authorities treat our request with understanding to
consider tariff cuts, and I think that we would discuss it again," he
emphasised.
Cargoes from various countries of the world are brought to Poti and
Batumi by sea and then to Armenia by railway.
April 1, 2004 Thursday 4:09 AM Eastern Time
Armenia DM to discuss railway transportation tariffs in Tbilisi
By Tengiz Pachkoria
TBILISI
Armenian Defense Minister and Secretary of the Security Council Serzh
Sarkisyan currently on a visit in the Georgian capital will discuss
"the reduction of railway transportation tariffs from Georgia to
Armenia" with the Georgian leadership. Railway transport from the
ports of Poti and Batumi and other Georgian regions will be
discussed.
"The issue was discussed during Mikhail Saakashvili's visit to
Yerevan in March this year," Sarkisyan told journalists on Thursday.
"The Georgian authorities treat our request with understanding to
consider tariff cuts, and I think that we would discuss it again," he
emphasised.
Cargoes from various countries of the world are brought to Poti and
Batumi by sea and then to Armenia by railway.