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    Mehr News Agency, Iran
    Jan 16 2010


    Iran, Russia, Armenia to hold joint meeting in Yerevan


    Moscow, 16 January: Armenian Minister of Transport and Communication
    Gurgen Sargsyan met with the Iranian ambassador to Yerevan and stated
    that a trilateral meeting among Iran, Armenia and Russia will be held
    late January in Yerevan to discuss the construction of Iran-Armenia
    railway.

    IRNA news agency quoted Armenian prime ministers office as reporting
    Saturday [that in the meeting between Sargsyan and Ali Saqqa'ian, the
    Armenian official pointed out that last April an MOU was signed
    between the two countries to build a railway.

    He added that the cost of the railway was estimated to be 1.4 billion
    dollars of which Iran said it would pay 400 million dollars.

    Armenian prime ministers office reported that the Iranian ambassador
    expressed Iran's firm willingness to construct highways in Armenia,
    adding that Iranian banks are keen to finance transportation projects
    in that country.
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