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TEN-MEMBER ARMENIAN STUDENT TEAM DEPARTS TO SOCHI TO HELP BUILD OLYMPIC FACILITIES
/ARKA/
JUNE 27, 2011
YEREVAN
YEREVAN, June 27. / ARKA /. A ten-member student team selected by
the South Caucasus Railways (SCR) company from the students of the
Russian-Armenian (Slavonic) University, departed today for the southern
Russian city of Sochi to join peers from the Baltic and CIS states,
the Russian-managed company said in a press release.
It said the ten-member team and their head will work at the Olympic
construction sites. The SCR has paid all transportation costs of the
Armenian group. The accommodation expenses will be paid by SCR's
parent company Russian Railways. The idea to bring students from
former Soviet republic to Sochi belongs to the Russian Railways.
'The SCR attaches great importance to cooperation with the Armenian
universities in the training of qualified specialists and their
employment by the company. The SCR has formed a unit of student
train conductors to work in summer on Yerevan-Batumi-Yerevan trains,'
the press release said.
The South Caucasus Railways is run by Russian Railways. The
concessional agreement was concluded in 2008 for 30 years, with a
right of extension for another 20 years after the first 20 years of
operation.
/ARKA/
JUNE 27, 2011
YEREVAN
YEREVAN, June 27. / ARKA /. A ten-member student team selected by
the South Caucasus Railways (SCR) company from the students of the
Russian-Armenian (Slavonic) University, departed today for the southern
Russian city of Sochi to join peers from the Baltic and CIS states,
the Russian-managed company said in a press release.
It said the ten-member team and their head will work at the Olympic
construction sites. The SCR has paid all transportation costs of the
Armenian group. The accommodation expenses will be paid by SCR's
parent company Russian Railways. The idea to bring students from
former Soviet republic to Sochi belongs to the Russian Railways.
'The SCR attaches great importance to cooperation with the Armenian
universities in the training of qualified specialists and their
employment by the company. The SCR has formed a unit of student
train conductors to work in summer on Yerevan-Batumi-Yerevan trains,'
the press release said.
The South Caucasus Railways is run by Russian Railways. The
concessional agreement was concluded in 2008 for 30 years, with a
right of extension for another 20 years after the first 20 years of
operation.