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    ARMENIA ORDERS NEW TRAINS, READY FOR OPEN BORDER

    Today's Zaman
    Sept 15 2009
    Turkey

    The Armenian administration has ordered three trains from a Polish
    train factory which are reportedly planned to be used when the railway
    between Turkey and Armenia resumes operations, upon the opening of
    the border between the two estranged neighbors, Polish Radio Merkury
    has reported.

    The Armenian ambassador in Warsaw, Ashot Galoyan, visited the factory
    and signed an agreement with the managers for the new trains, which
    clearly indicated Armenian hopes for the opening of the borders,
    the daily reported. Polish daily Gazeta Wyborcza also argued that
    the recent orders from Armenia would help the company to overcome the
    negative effects of the global economic crisis. Although the company
    had decided to dismiss many workers, the order for three trains will
    protect the workers' jobs.

    Yerevan wants the railway between Kars and Gumru reopened after
    the necessary restoration and repairs are done. In previous
    months, Alexander Kuznestov, the general director of Russian South
    Caucasus Railways (SCR), stated that they are ready to provide rail
    transportation between Kars and Gumru. In his statements in the
    Armenian press, he said that if Yerevan and Ankara would approve the
    project (opening of the railway), they would offer rail transportation
    between the two countries through the Ahurian-2 rail station. He also
    stated that with that project, passenger and cargo transportation
    would be possible with these countries.

    On Aug. 31, Ankara and Yerevan announced that after talks that have
    been continuing under Swiss mediation they have decided to launch
    an internal consultation process on both sides before signing two
    protocols aiming to normalize relations by opening the closed border
    between the two countries and re-establishing diplomatic ties after
    16 years.
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