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CHINESE, ARMENIAN LEADERS DISCUSS CHINA'S PARTICIPATION IN ARMENIA-IRANIAN RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION
Trend
May 3 2010
Azerbaijan
Chinese leader Hu Jintao and Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan
has discussed China's participation in a construction of a railway
between Armenia and Iran, Armenian state's press-service said Sunday,
RIA Novosti reported.
Last year the Armenian and Iranian transport ministers signed an
agreement to build a railway linking Armenia with Iran's Persian Gulf
ports. The construction of the 470-kilometer long railway, with 410
kilometers passing through Armenian territory, is expected to last
for at least five years and to cost $1.5-$1.8 billion.
"Sargsyan said that a development of the relations with China is
a priority of Yerevan foreign policy, and noted that bilateral
relations do already have a good dynamic of their development,"
the statement said.
The sides also noted with satisfaction the successful implementation
of various joint projects in energy, chemical industry, agriculture,
science and technology, defense, culture and education, stressing
that an exploitation of the Shanxi-Nairit joint Armenian-Chinese
chloroprene rubber production plant is an important evidence of the
development of Armenian-Chinese economic cooperation.
Last year Armenia reached an agreement with Iran on a $400 million
loan for the construction of a railway between the two countries.
An agreement on the construction of the strategic route was signed
by the Armenian transport minister, Gurgen Sargsyan and his Iranian
counterpart, Hamed Behbahani, in April 2009 in Tehran.
The construction of the 500-kilometer (310-mile) railway, with 60
kilometers (37 miles) in Iranian territory, is expected to take at
least five years and cost $1.5-$1.8 billion.
The railway, with the Armenian section connecting the northern city
of Sevan to the southern city of Meghri on the border with Iran,
will ensure the transportation of energy supplies and other goods,
and increase trade between the countries.
Landlocked Armenia has rail links with other countries only through
the territory of Georgia, which is complicated by Tbilisi's often
fractious relations with Moscow.
Russia and Ukraine had also expressed interest in financing the
project.
Trend
May 3 2010
Azerbaijan
Chinese leader Hu Jintao and Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan
has discussed China's participation in a construction of a railway
between Armenia and Iran, Armenian state's press-service said Sunday,
RIA Novosti reported.
Last year the Armenian and Iranian transport ministers signed an
agreement to build a railway linking Armenia with Iran's Persian Gulf
ports. The construction of the 470-kilometer long railway, with 410
kilometers passing through Armenian territory, is expected to last
for at least five years and to cost $1.5-$1.8 billion.
"Sargsyan said that a development of the relations with China is
a priority of Yerevan foreign policy, and noted that bilateral
relations do already have a good dynamic of their development,"
the statement said.
The sides also noted with satisfaction the successful implementation
of various joint projects in energy, chemical industry, agriculture,
science and technology, defense, culture and education, stressing
that an exploitation of the Shanxi-Nairit joint Armenian-Chinese
chloroprene rubber production plant is an important evidence of the
development of Armenian-Chinese economic cooperation.
Last year Armenia reached an agreement with Iran on a $400 million
loan for the construction of a railway between the two countries.
An agreement on the construction of the strategic route was signed
by the Armenian transport minister, Gurgen Sargsyan and his Iranian
counterpart, Hamed Behbahani, in April 2009 in Tehran.
The construction of the 500-kilometer (310-mile) railway, with 60
kilometers (37 miles) in Iranian territory, is expected to take at
least five years and cost $1.5-$1.8 billion.
The railway, with the Armenian section connecting the northern city
of Sevan to the southern city of Meghri on the border with Iran,
will ensure the transportation of energy supplies and other goods,
and increase trade between the countries.
Landlocked Armenia has rail links with other countries only through
the territory of Georgia, which is complicated by Tbilisi's often
fractious relations with Moscow.
Russia and Ukraine had also expressed interest in financing the
project.